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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miles S.B. No. 1848 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to certain contract and notice requirements applicable to |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain facilities used to house inmates or releasees from the |
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| 9 | 9 | | Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 493.010, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 493.010. CONTRACTS FOR MISCELLANEOUS HOUSING. (a) The |
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| 14 | 14 | | board, for the temporary or permanent housing of inmates, may enter |
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| 15 | 15 | | into leases or contract with: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) public or private jails; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) operators of alternative housing facilities. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The board may not enter into a lease or contract with an |
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| 19 | 19 | | operator of a private jail or alternative housing facility under |
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| 20 | 20 | | Subsection (a) unless the operator submits to the board a permit or |
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| 21 | 21 | | other documentation showing that the jail or facility is in |
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| 22 | 22 | | compliance with all applicable municipal and county regulations. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 508, Government Code, is |
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| 24 | 24 | | amended by adding Sections 508.158 and 508.159 to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 508.158. ALTERNATIVE HOUSING PROGRAM. The department |
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| 26 | 26 | | shall require that an applicant to participate as a provider in a |
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| 27 | 27 | | program designed to provide alternative housing for two or more |
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| 28 | 28 | | unrelated releasees submit with the application, in the manner |
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| 29 | 29 | | specified by the department, a permit or other documentation |
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| 30 | 30 | | showing that the proposed alternative housing facility is in |
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| 31 | 31 | | compliance with all applicable municipal and county regulations. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 508.159. INFORMATION REGARDING ALTERNATIVE HOUSING; |
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| 33 | 33 | | NOTICE TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a) The department shall |
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| 34 | 34 | | maintain the following information regarding releasees: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) a list of facilities providing alternative housing |
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| 36 | 36 | | to two or more unrelated releasees, including: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) the name, address, and telephone number of |
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| 38 | 38 | | the facility; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (B) the county in which the facility is located; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (C) information regarding whether the facility |
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| 41 | 41 | | is in compliance with all applicable municipal and county |
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| 42 | 42 | | regulations; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (D) the number of releasees residing at the |
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| 44 | 44 | | facility; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (E) the maximum capacity of the facility; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) a list of releasees being housed at a facility |
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| 47 | 47 | | described by Subdivision (1), including: |
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| 48 | 48 | | (A) the releasee's name; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (B) the county in which the releasee is required |
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| 50 | 50 | | to reside under Section 508.181; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (C) the county in which the releasee committed |
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| 52 | 52 | | the offense for which the releasee is on parole or mandatory |
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| 53 | 53 | | supervision; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (D) the alternative housing facility in which the |
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| 55 | 55 | | releasee resides; and |
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| 56 | 56 | | (E) the date on which the releasee began residing |
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| 57 | 57 | | at the facility. |
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| 58 | 58 | | (b) On request of a county or municipality, the department |
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| 59 | 59 | | shall provide monthly the information maintained by the department |
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| 60 | 60 | | under Subsection (a). A county or municipality shall notify the |
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| 61 | 61 | | department if the county or municipality does not want to continue |
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| 62 | 62 | | to receive the information. |
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| 63 | 63 | | (c) The department shall provide the information to a county |
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| 64 | 64 | | or municipality under Subsection (b) by secured electronic mail and |
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| 65 | 65 | | in a machine-readable format. |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 3. (a) Section 493.010, Government Code, as |
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| 67 | 67 | | amended by this Act, applies only to a lease or contract entered |
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| 68 | 68 | | into on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 69 | 69 | | (b) Section 508.158, Government Code, as added by this Act, |
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| 70 | 70 | | applies only to an application to participate in a program |
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| 71 | 71 | | described by that section that is submitted on or after the |
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| 72 | 72 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 73 | 73 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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