By Dutton H.B. No. 2561 74R3869 CAG-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the appointment and duties of a jail administrator in 1-3 certain 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 COUNTY WITH POPULATION 1-8 OF MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION. (a) The commissioners court of a county 1-9 with a population of more than 2.4 million may appoint a jail 1-10 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, with the approval of the 1-14 commissioners court, may appoint appropriate staff and support 1-15 personnel. 1-16 (c) The jail administrator, with the approval of the 1-17 commissioners court, may appoint one or more correctional officers 1-18 as appropriate to meet minimum state or federal standards. 1-19 Correctional officers must be certified peace officers. 1-20 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-1 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-2 passage, and it is so enacted.