By: Dutton H.B. No. 2074 73R6713 T A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the appointment of a jail administrator in certain 1-3 counties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 351, Local Government Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 351.0425 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 351.0425. JAIL ADMINISTRATOR IN A COUNTY WITH 1-8 POPULATION OF MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION. (a) The commissioners court 1-9 of a county with a population of more than 2.4 million may appoint 1-10 a jail administrator who shall exercise all power, supervision, and 1-11 control over the jail including the duties imposed by law on the 1-12 sheriff with respect to the jail. 1-13 (b) The jail administrator may appoint with the approval of 1-14 the commissioners court appropriate staff and support personnel. 1-15 (c) The jail administrator may appoint with the approval of 1-16 commissioners court one or more correctional officers as 1-17 appropriate to meet minimum state or federal standards. 1-18 Correctional officers must be certified peace officers. 1-19 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-1 passage, and it is so enacted.