Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2814 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R12007 CJD-D
2	2	By: Plesa H.B. No. 2814
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile
10	10	Justice Department and prisoners serving a sentence in a county
11	11	jail with certain documents on discharge or release; authorizing a
12	12	fee.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Section 245.0536(b), Human Resources Code, is
15	15	amended to read as follows:
16	16	(b) The department shall submit a request under Subsection
17	17	(a)(2) on intake of the child [as soon as is practicable] to enable
18	18	the department to receive the personal identification certificate
19	19	before the department releases or discharges the child and to
20	20	provide the child with the personal identification certificate when
21	21	the department releases or discharges the child.
22	22	SECTION 2. Section 245.0537(b), Human Resources Code, is
23	23	amended to read as follows:
24	24	(b) The department shall submit a request under Subsection
25	25	(a)(2) on intake of the child [as soon as is practicable] to enable
26	26	the department to receive the applicable document before the
27	27	department releases or discharges the child and to provide the
28	28	child with the applicable document when the department releases or
29	29	discharges the child.
30	30	SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 351, Local Government
31	31	Code, is amended by adding Sections 351.049 and 351.050 to read as
32	32	follows:
33	33	Sec. 351.049. PROVIDING DISCHARGED PRISONER WITH
34	34	STATE-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION. (a) Before discharging a prisoner
35	35	serving a sentence in a county jail, the sheriff of the county must:
36	36	(1) determine whether the prisoner has:
37	37	(A) a valid license issued under Chapter 521 or
38	38	522, Transportation Code; or
39	39	(B) a valid personal identification certificate
40	40	issued under Chapter 521, Transportation Code; and
41	41	(2) if the prisoner does not have a valid license or
42	42	certificate described by Subdivision (1), submit to the Department
43	43	of Public Safety on behalf of the prisoner a request for the
44	44	issuance of a personal identification certificate under Chapter
45	45	521, Transportation Code.
46	46	(b) The sheriff shall submit a request under Subsection
47	47	(a)(2) on intake of the prisoner to enable the sheriff to provide
48	48	the prisoner with the personal identification certificate when the
49	49	prisoner is discharged from the county jail.
50	50	(c) The Commission on Jail Standards, the Department of
51	51	Public Safety, and the vital statistics unit of the Department of
52	52	State Health Services shall adopt a memorandum of understanding
53	53	that establishes the respective responsibilities of a sheriff, the
54	54	Department of Public Safety, and the Department of State Health
55	55	Services with respect to the issuance of a personal identification
56	56	certificate to a prisoner serving a sentence in a county jail,
57	57	including responsibilities related to verification of the
58	58	prisoner's identity. The memorandum of understanding must require
59	59	the Department of State Health Services to electronically verify
60	60	the birth record of a prisoner whose name and any other personal
61	61	information is provided by the sheriff and to electronically report
62	62	the recorded filing information to the Department of Public Safety
63	63	to validate the identity of a prisoner under this section.
64	64	(d) The sheriff or commissioners court of the county shall
65	65	reimburse the Department of Public Safety or the Department of
66	66	State Health Services for the actual costs incurred by those
67	67	agencies in performing responsibilities established under this
68	68	section. The sheriff may charge a prisoner for the actual costs
69	69	incurred under this section or the fees required by Section
70	70	521.421, Transportation Code.
71	71	(e) This section does not apply to a prisoner who:
72	72	(1) is not legally present in the United States; or
73	73	(2) was not a resident of this state before the
74	74	prisoner was placed in the custody of the sheriff.
75	75	Sec. 351.050. PROVIDING DISCHARGED PRISONER WITH BIRTH
76	76	CERTIFICATE AND SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. (a) In addition to complying
77	77	with the requirements of Section 351.049, before discharging a
78	78	prisoner serving a sentence in a county jail, the sheriff of the
79	79	county must:
80	80	(1) determine whether the prisoner has a:
81	81	(A) certified copy of the prisoner's birth
82	82	certificate; and
83	83	(B) copy of the prisoner's social security card;
84	84	and
85	85	(2) if the prisoner does not have a document described
86	86	by Subdivision (1), submit to the appropriate entity on behalf of
87	87	the prisoner a request for the issuance of the applicable document.
88	88	(b) The sheriff shall submit a request under Subsection
89	89	(a)(2) on intake of the prisoner to enable the sheriff to provide
90	90	the prisoner with the applicable document when the prisoner is
91	91	discharged from the county jail.
92	92	(c) This section does not apply to a prisoner who:
93	93	(1) is not legally present in the United States; or
94	94	(2) was not a resident of this state before the
95	95	prisoner was placed in the custody of the sheriff.
96	96	SECTION 4. Section 521.421(a-1), Transportation Code, is
97	97	amended to read as follows:
98	98	(a-1) The fee for a personal identification certificate
99	99	issued under Section 501.0165, Government Code, Section 841.153,
100	100	Health and Safety Code, [or] Section 245.0536, Human Resources
101	101	Code, or Section 351.049, Local Government Code, or for a driver's
102	102	license under Section 521.1421 of this code is $5.
103	103	SECTION 5. Sections 351.049 and 351.050, Local Government
104	104	Code, as added by this Act, apply only to the discharge of a
105	105	prisoner that occurs on or after December 1, 2025. A discharge that
106	106	occurs before that date is governed by the law in effect immediately
107	107	before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is
108	108	continued in effect for that purpose.
109	109	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
110	110	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
111	111	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
112	112	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
113	113	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.