Amend CSHB 1550 by inserting the following appropriately
numbered section and by renumbering the subsequent sections of the
bill accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  ACTION REQUIRED BEFORE CHANGE IN USE OF OR
ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITIES. (a)  In
this section:
      (1)  "Criminal detention facility" means a place designated
by law for the confinement of a person adjudicated delinquent for
or convicted of a criminal offense. The term includes:
            (A)  a confinement facility operated by the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice;
            (B)  a confinement facility operated under contract
with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
            (C)  a community corrections facility operated by a
community supervision and corrections department; and
            (D)  a confinement facility operated by or under
contract with the Texas Youth Commission.
      (2)  "Governmental entity" means the state, a political
subdivision or a combination of two or more subdivisions of the
state, or an agency of the state.
      (b)  A governmental entity or private vendor may not change
the use of a criminal detention facility operated by the entity or
vendor from a residential facility for the placement of juvenile
offenders and may not establish a criminal detention facility
unless:
      (1)  a public hearing is held about the proposed change or
establishment before the change is made or the facility is
established; and
      (2)  after the hearing is held, the change or establishment
is approved by unanimous vote of the governing body of:
            (A)  the municipality in which the facility is located;
or
            (B)  the county in which the facility is located, if
the facility is not located within a municipality.
      (c)  Before the 30th day before the date of a hearing
required by Subsection (b) of this section, the governmental entity
shall:
      (1)  publish notice of the date, hour, place, and subject of
the hearing in three consecutive issues of a newspaper of, or in
newspapers that collectively have, general circulation in the
county in which the proposed change is to be made or the facility
is to be established; and
      (2)  mail a copy of the notice to each member of the
governing body of a municipality, county commissioner, state
representative, and state senator who represent the area in which
the proposed change is to be made or the facility is to be
established.
      (d)  In describing the subject of a public hearing for
purposes of publishing notice under this section, the notice must
specifically state the address of the facility with respect to
which the change is proposed or the address at which the facility
is to be established.
      (e)  If a private vendor, other than a private vendor that
operates as a nonprofit corporation, proposes to change the use of
a facility or to establish a facility that is the subject of a
public hearing under this section, the private vendor is
responsible for providing the notice and holding the public hearing
required by this section.
      (f)  The governmental entity or private vendor shall hold the
public hearing at a site as close as practicable to the facility
with respect to which the change is proposed or as close as
practicable to the site of the proposed facility.