86R27238 JG-D
By: Canales, et al. H.B. No. 936
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 936:
By: White C.S.H.B. No. 936
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on reducing the level at which the air
temperature in facilities operated by the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice is regulated.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.026. STUDY ON REDUCING AIR TEMPERATURE IN
FACILITIES OPERATED BY DEPARTMENT. (a) The department shall
contract with a qualified independent vendor to conduct a study on
reducing the air temperature in facilities operated by the
department. The study must:
(1) identify the most cost-effective measures to
reduce the air temperature;
(2) estimate the costs to the department of
implementing those measures; and
(3) estimate the amount of time necessary to implement
those measures.
(b) Not later than August 31, 2020, the department shall
prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing
committee of the legislature having primary jurisdiction over the
department a written report that summarizes the results of the
study conducted under this section.
(c) This section expires January 1, 2021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.