1-1 By: Shapiro, Sims S.B. No. 1168
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 1995; March 15, 1995, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
1-4 April 19, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
1-5 Nays 0; April 19, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to requirements for the segregation of classes of inmates
1-9 in county jails and for capacities in county jails.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 511.009, Government Code,
1-12 is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (a) The commission shall:
1-14 (1) adopt reasonable rules and procedures establishing
1-15 minimum standards for the construction, equipment, maintenance, and
1-16 operation of county jails;
1-17 (2) adopt reasonable rules and procedures establishing
1-18 minimum standards for the custody, care, and treatment of
1-19 prisoners;
1-20 (3) adopt reasonable rules establishing minimum
1-21 standards for the number of jail supervisory personnel and for
1-22 programs and services to meet the needs of prisoners;
1-23 (4) adopt reasonable rules and procedures establishing
1-24 minimum requirements for programs of rehabilitation, education, and
1-25 recreation in county jails;
1-26 (5) revise, amend, or change rules and procedures if
1-27 necessary;
1-28 (6) provide to local government officials consultation
1-29 on and technical assistance for county jails;
1-30 (7) review and comment on plans for the construction
1-31 and major modification or renovation of county jails;
1-32 (8) require that the sheriff and commissioners of each
1-33 county submit to the commission, on a form prescribed by the
1-34 commission, an annual report on the conditions in each county jail
1-35 within their jurisdiction, including all information necessary to
1-36 determine compliance with state law, commission orders, and the
1-37 rules adopted under this chapter;
1-38 (9) review the reports submitted under Subdivision (8)
1-39 and require commission employees to inspect county jails regularly
1-40 to ensure compliance with state law, commission orders, and rules
1-41 and procedures adopted under this chapter; <and>
1-42 (10) at least annually determine whether each county
1-43 jail is in compliance with the rules and procedures adopted under
1-44 this chapter; and
1-45 (11) adopt rules relating to requirements for
1-46 segregation of classes of inmates and to capacities for county
1-47 jails.
1-48 SECTION 2. Sections 351.005 and 351.006, Local Government
1-49 Code, are repealed.
1-50 SECTION 3. The Commission on Jail Standards shall adopt
1-51 rules required to be adopted under Subsection (a), Section 511.009,
1-52 Government Code, as amended by this Act, not later than the 90th
1-53 day after the effective date of this Act.
1-54 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-55 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-56 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-57 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-58 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-59 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-60 passage, and it is so enacted.
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