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.