SENATE BILL 1610 |
SENATE AUTHOR: Whitmire |
EFFECTIVE: Vetoed |
HOUSE SPONSOR: Allen |
Senate Bill 1610 amends the Government Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure to provide for the transfer of an eligible Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate to a county jail for participation in the county jail work release program. It also adds to the list of items allowed to be dedicated from an inmate's funds the cost of medical treatment incurred by the inmate while confined in jail.