1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the operation of a commissary in the county jail in
 1-3     certain counties.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 351.0415, Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
 1-7           (e)  The sheriff of a county containing two or more
 1-8     municipalities each with a population of 250,000 or more shall
 1-9     provide to the commissioners court of the county each contract the
1-10     sheriff makes under this section relating to the commissary.  The
1-11     sheriff shall provide the contract within 10 days after the date
1-12     the contract is made.
1-13           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act by the
1-14     addition of Section 351.0415(e), Local Government Code, applies
1-15     only to a contract made on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-16     A contract made before the effective date of this Act is governed
1-17     by the law in effect when the contract was made, and the former law
1-18     is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-19           SECTION 3.  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.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2846 was passed by the House on April
         22, 1999, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2846 on May 20, 1999, by a non-record
         vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2846 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 18, 1999, by a viva-voce vote.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  _____________________
                            Date
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                          Governor