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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of and a grant program for temporary |
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confinement facilities during local disasters relating to illegal |
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immigration or border security. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 772.0079 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 772.0079. GRANT PROGRAM FOR TEMPORARY CONFINEMENT |
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FACILITIES DURING CERTAIN LOCAL DISASTERS. (a) In this section, |
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"criminal justice division" means the criminal justice division |
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established under Section 772.006. |
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(b) The criminal justice division shall establish and |
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administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to |
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counties to offset costs related to the establishment and operation |
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of temporary confinement facilities authorized under Section |
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351.0037, Local Government Code. |
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(c) The criminal justice division shall establish: |
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(1) eligibility criteria for grant applicants; |
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(2) grant application procedures; |
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(3) criteria for evaluating grant applications and |
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awarding grants; |
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(4) guidelines related to grant amounts; and |
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(5) procedures for monitoring the use of a grant |
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awarded under this section and ensuring compliance with any |
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conditions of the grant. |
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(d) The criminal justice division may use any revenue |
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available for purposes of this section. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 351, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 351.0037 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 351.0037. TEMPORARY CONFINEMENT FACILITIES DURING |
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CERTAIN LOCAL DISASTERS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a |
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county for which a local disaster has been declared under Section |
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418.108, Government Code, relating to illegal immigration or border |
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security may establish and operate a temporary facility for the |
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confinement of persons not lawfully present in the United States |
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who are accused of committing an offense in lieu of confining those |
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persons in the county jail. |
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(b) The Commission on Jail Standards shall waive, to the |
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extent the commission determines compliance is not practicable or |
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reasonable with respect to a facility described by Subsection (a), |
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any standards applicable to the confinement of prisoners in a |
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facility other than a county jail under Section 351.0035 or other |
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law. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |