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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to housing certain inmates in state jail felony |
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facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 507.006(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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the state jail division, with the approval of the board, may |
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designate one or more state jail felony facilities [or discrete |
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areas within one or more state jail felony facilities] to treat |
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inmates who are eligible for confinement in a substance abuse |
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felony punishment facility under Section 493.009 or to house |
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inmates who are sentenced to imprisonment in the institutional |
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division, but only if the designation does not deny placement in a |
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state jail felony facility of defendants required to serve terms of |
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confinement in a facility following conviction of state jail |
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felonies. The division may not house in a state jail felony |
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facility an inmate who: |
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(1) has a history of or has shown a pattern of violent |
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or assaultive behavior in county jail or a facility operated by the |
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department; or |
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(2) will increase the likelihood of harm to the public |
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if housed in the facility. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |