86R14063 JG-F
By: Whitmire S.B. No. 2187
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of a compliance monitor to oversee
certain county jails.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 511.008, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The commission shall employ compliance monitors as
necessary to oversee compliance efforts of county jails under
Section 511.0122. The commission may employ assistant compliance
monitors as necessary to assist a compliance monitor.
SECTION 2. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 511.0122 to read as follows:
Sec. 511.0122. COMPLIANCE MONITORING. (a) The commission
shall, on the issuance of three reports of noncompliance under
Section 511.011 during an 18-month period or the issuance of five
reports of noncompliance under Section 511.011 during a 36-month
period, issue a remedial order appointing a compliance monitor to
oversee compliance efforts of the county jail for which the
findings of noncompliance were made.
(b) A compliance monitor shall develop a compliance plan for
a county jail under this section. The plan must ensure that the
county jail corrects the issues identified in the reports of
noncompliance issued to the county jail. The compliance monitor
shall provide monthly reports to the sheriff, county judge,
executive director, and commission on the county jail's progress
toward meeting the requirements of the compliance plan.
(c) A compliance monitor shall continue to oversee a county
jail under this section for a period of six months after the date
the commission determines that the county jail is in compliance
with applicable state law and commission rules, standards, and
procedures. If a report of noncompliance under Section 511.011 is
issued to a county jail during the 12-month period after the county
jail becomes compliant in accordance with this section, the
commission shall promptly issue a remedial order appointing a
compliance monitor to oversee compliance efforts of the county jail
in accordance with this section.
(d) The commission shall continue to conduct annual and
other routine or special inspections during the period that a
compliance monitor is overseeing a county jail.
(e) The county in which the county jail overseen by a
compliance monitor is located shall reimburse the commission for
all costs incurred by the commission in overseeing the county jail,
including the amount of the salary and benefits paid to the
compliance monitor and any assistant compliance monitors.
(f) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Commission on Jail Standards shall adopt rules as
necessary to implement Section 511.0122, Government Code, as added
by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.