| 1 | 1 | | By: Slaton H.B. No. 103 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the establishment of and a grant program for temporary |
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| 7 | 7 | | confinement facilities during local disasters relating to illegal |
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| 8 | 8 | | immigration or border security. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 772.0079 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 772.0079. GRANT PROGRAM FOR TEMPORARY CONFINEMENT |
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| 13 | 13 | | FACILITIES DURING CERTAIN LOCAL DISASTERS. (a) In this section, |
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| 14 | 14 | | "criminal justice division" means the criminal justice division |
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| 15 | 15 | | established under Section 772.006. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The criminal justice division shall establish and |
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| 17 | 17 | | administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to |
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| 18 | 18 | | counties to offset costs related to the establishment and operation |
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| 19 | 19 | | of temporary confinement facilities authorized under Section |
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| 20 | 20 | | 351.0037, Local Government Code. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) The criminal justice division shall establish: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) eligibility criteria for grant applicants; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) grant application procedures; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) criteria for evaluating grant applications and |
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| 25 | 25 | | awarding grants; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) guidelines related to grant amounts; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (5) procedures for monitoring the use of a grant |
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| 28 | 28 | | awarded under this section and ensuring compliance with any |
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| 29 | 29 | | conditions of the grant. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (d) The criminal justice division may use any revenue |
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| 31 | 31 | | available for purposes of this section. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 351, Local Government |
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| 33 | 33 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 351.0037 to read as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | Sec. 351.0037. TEMPORARY CONFINEMENT FACILITIES DURING |
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| 35 | 35 | | CERTAIN LOCAL DISASTERS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a |
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| 36 | 36 | | county for which a local disaster has been declared under Section |
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| 37 | 37 | | 418.108, Government Code, relating to illegal immigration or border |
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| 38 | 38 | | security may establish and operate a temporary facility for the |
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| 39 | 39 | | confinement of persons not lawfully present in the United States |
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| 40 | 40 | | who are accused of committing an offense in lieu of confining those |
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| 41 | 41 | | persons in the county jail. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) The Commission on Jail Standards shall waive, to the |
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| 43 | 43 | | extent the commission determines compliance is not practicable or |
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| 44 | 44 | | reasonable with respect to a facility described by Subsection (a), |
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| 45 | 45 | | any standards applicable to the confinement of prisoners in a |
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| 46 | 46 | | facility other than a county jail under Section 351.0035 or other |
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| 47 | 47 | | law. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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| 49 | 49 | | last day of the legislative session. |
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