By Lewis of Tarrant H.B. No. 1890
77R1500 JMG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to control of contracts and funds of a commissary for the
1-3 county jail.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 351.0415(b) and (c), Local Government
1-6 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The sheriff:
1-8 (1) [has exclusive control of the commissary funds;]
1-9 [(2)] shall maintain commissary accounts showing the
1-10 amount of proceeds from the commissary operation and the amount and
1-11 purpose of disbursements made from the proceeds; and
1-12 (2) [(3)] shall accept new bids to renew contracts of
1-13 commissary suppliers every five years, subject to the approval of
1-14 the commissioners court.
1-15 (c) The commissioners court shall [sheriff may] use
1-16 commissary proceeds only to:
1-17 (1) fund, staff, and equip a program addressing the
1-18 social needs of the county prisoners, including an educational or
1-19 recreational program and religious or rehabilitative counseling;
1-20 (2) supply county prisoners with clothing, writing
1-21 materials, and hygiene supplies;
1-22 (3) establish, staff, and equip the commissary
1-23 operation; or
1-24 (4) fund, staff, and equip a library for the
2-1 educational use of county prisoners.
2-2 SECTION 2. (a) The changes in law made by this Act to Section
2-3 351.0415, Local Government Code, apply only to the renewal of a
2-4 contract or the use of commissary funds that occurs in a county
2-5 fiscal year that begins on or after September 1, 2001.
2-6 (b) The renewal of a contract or the use of commissary funds
2-7 that occurs before September 1, 2001, is governed by the law as it
2-8 existed immediately before that date, and the former law is
2-9 continued in effect for that purpose.
2-10 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.