By Danburg H.B. No. 126 75R1014 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the time of the day and the day of the week on which a 1-3 correctional facility may release an inmate. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 493.025 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 493.025. RELEASE OF INMATES DURING BUSINESS HOURS. The 1-8 department may release an inmate from the custody of the department 1-9 only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and only on a weekday 1-10 other than a weekday that is a state or national holiday. 1-11 SECTION 2. Chapter 361, Local Government Code, is amended by 1-12 adding Subchapter G to read as follows: 1-13 SUBCHAPTER G. RELEASE OF INMATES DURING BUSINESS HOURS 1-14 Sec. 361.091. A municipal or county jail may release an 1-15 inmate who has discharged the inmate's sentence from the custody of 1-16 the jail only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and only on a 1-17 weekday other than a weekday that is a state or national holiday. 1-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-19 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.