SRC-TBR S.B. 1341 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1341
2001s0773/1 03/07/01By: Barrientos
Finance
4/3/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, there is no incentive for the state to conduct a timely parole
revocation hearing.  As proposed, S.B. 1341 provides the state with an
incentive to conduct a timely parole revocation hearing, by requiring the
state to pay housing costs for state inmates in county custody. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Article 104.002, Code of Criminal Procedure, by adding
Subsections (e) and (f), as follows: 

(e)  Requires the state to reimburse a county at the rate of $40 per day
for each inmate or person described by Section 508.282(a)(1)(A)
(Deadlines), Government Code, for each day after the 14th day that the
inmate or person is confined in a county jail. 

(f)  Requires the state, for an inmate or person whose parole is revoked by
the state, to reimburse a county at the rate of $40 per day for each day
after the third day from the date of the inmate's or person's parole
revocation hearing until the date the county receives transfer papers from
the pardons and paroles division. 

SECTION 2.  Provides that Subsections (e) and (f), Article 104.002, Code of
Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, apply only to the confinement of
an inmate or person on or after the effective date of this Act. 

SECTION 3.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.