By Longoria H.B. No. 2897
74R7835 GWK-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to requirements for the segregation of classes of inmates
1-3 in county jails and for capacities in county jails.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 511.009(a), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (a) The commission shall:
1-8 (1) adopt reasonable rules and procedures establishing
1-9 minimum standards for the construction, equipment, maintenance, and
1-10 operation of county jails;
1-11 (2) adopt reasonable rules and procedures establishing
1-12 minimum standards for the custody, care, and treatment of
1-13 prisoners;
1-14 (3) adopt reasonable rules establishing minimum
1-15 standards for the number of jail supervisory personnel and for
1-16 programs and services to meet the needs of prisoners;
1-17 (4) adopt reasonable rules and procedures establishing
1-18 minimum requirements for programs of rehabilitation, education, and
1-19 recreation in county jails;
1-20 (5) revise, amend, or change rules and procedures if
1-21 necessary;
1-22 (6) provide to local government officials consultation
1-23 on and technical assistance for county jails;
1-24 (7) review and comment on plans for the construction
2-1 and major modification or renovation of county jails;
2-2 (8) require that the sheriff and commissioners of each
2-3 county submit to the commission, on a form prescribed by the
2-4 commission, an annual report on the conditions in each county jail
2-5 within their jurisdiction, including all information necessary to
2-6 determine compliance with state law, commission orders, and the
2-7 rules adopted under this chapter;
2-8 (9) review the reports submitted under Subdivision (8)
2-9 and require commission employees to inspect county jails regularly
2-10 to ensure compliance with state law, commission orders, and rules
2-11 and procedures adopted under this chapter; <and>
2-12 (10) at least annually determine whether each county
2-13 jail is in compliance with the rules and procedures adopted under
2-14 this chapter; and
2-15 (11) adopt rules relating to requirements for
2-16 segregation of classes of inmates and to capacities for county
2-17 jails.
2-18 SECTION 2. Sections 351.005 and 351.006, Local Government
2-19 Code, are repealed.
2-20 SECTION 3. The Commission on Jail Standards shall adopt
2-21 rules required to be adopted under Section 511.009(a), Government
2-22 Code, as amended by this Act, not later than the 90th day after the
2-23 effective date of this Act.
2-24 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-25 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-26 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-27 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-3 passage, and it is so enacted.