By Allen H.B. No. 13 74R383 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the use of state jail felony facilities for housing 1-3 inmates eligible for confinement in transfer facilities. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 507.006(a), Government Code, is amended 1-6 to read as follows: 1-7 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 1-8 the state jail division, with the approval of the board, may 1-9 designate one or more state jail felony facilities to house inmates 1-10 who are eligible for confinement in a transfer facility under 1-11 Section 499.152, but only if: 1-12 (1) the designation does not deny placement in a state 1-13 jail felony facility of defendants required to serve terms of 1-14 confinement in a facility following conviction of state jail 1-15 felonies; and 1-16 (2) the designation is approved by: 1-17 (A) the commissioners court of the county in 1-18 which the state jail felony facility is located; and 1-19 (B) the governing body of any municipality in 1-20 which the state jail felony facility is located. 1-21 SECTION 2. If before the effective date of this Act the 1-22 state jail division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 1-23 designates a state jail felony facility to house inmates who are 1-24 eligible for confinement in a transfer facility, the designation 2-1 expires on the 31st day after the effective date of this Act, 2-2 unless before the 31st day the commissioners court and governing 2-3 body of any municipality whose approval is required by Section 2-4 507.006(a), Government Code, as amended by this Act, approve the 2-5 designation. 2-6 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-11 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-12 passage, and it is so enacted.