S.B. No. 175 AN ACT 1-1 relating to the authority of the Commission on Jail Standards to 1-2 regulate the temporary housing of county inmates in certain 1-3 facilities to alleviate overcrowding in county jails. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 351, Local Government Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 351.0035 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 351.0035. TEMPORARY HOUSING. (a) On request of the 1-8 sheriff and the commissioners court of a county, the Commission on 1-9 Jail Standards shall authorize a county to house a prisoner in a 1-10 tent or other facility that is not a county jail. 1-11 (b) The Commission on Jail Standards shall adopt rules that 1-12 govern the temporary housing of prisoners, including a specific 1-13 requirement for: 1-14 (1) the classification and separation of prisoners; 1-15 (2) the supervision of prisoners; 1-16 (3) safety, sanitation, and health; 1-17 (4) the structure and maintenance of the facility; 1-18 (5) the provision of bunks or sleeping areas for 1-19 prisoners or other furnishings for the facility; 1-20 (6) the space and capacity in the facility; and 1-21 (7) the enforcement of a rule the commission adopts 1-22 under this subsection. 1-23 (c) A rule adopted under Subsection (b) must be consistent 1-24 with the jail standards imposed by or adopted under other 2-1 provisions of this subchapter unless the Commission on Jail 2-2 Standards determines compliance is not practicable or reasonable. 2-3 SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 351, Local Government Code, 2-4 is amended by adding Section 351.0036 to read as follows: 2-5 Sec. 351.0036. HOUSING OF CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 2-6 (a) Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 351.0035, the 2-7 Commission on Jail Standards is hereby authorized to adopt rules 2-8 governing the temporary housing of prisoners in connection with 2-9 specific correctional programs which include work camps, wilderness 2-10 camps, forestry camps, or boot camps. 2-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-16 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-17 passage, and it is so enacted.