1-1     By:  Lewis of Tarrant (Senate Sponsor - Harris)       H.B. No. 1890
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
 1-3     May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by
 1-5     the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to
 1-6     printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to control of contracts and funds of a commissary for the
1-10     county jail of certain counties.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 351, Local Government Code,
1-13     is amended by adding Section 351.04155 to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 351.04155. COMMISSARY OPERATION BY SHERIFF IN CERTAIN
1-15     COUNTIES. (a)  This section applies only to a county that:
1-16                 (1)  has a population of one million or more; and
1-17                 (2)  has two municipalities with a population of
1-18     200,000 or more.
1-19           (b)  The county is subject to Section 351.0415, except:
1-20                 (1)  Section 351.0415(b)(1) does not apply to the
1-21     sheriff of the county;
1-22                 (2)  new bids to renew contracts under Section
1-23     351.0415(b)(3) are subject to the approval of the commissioners
1-24     court of the county;
1-25                 (3)  the sheriff may not make a disbursement from the
1-26     commissary proceeds unless the sheriff receives approval for the
1-27     disbursement from the commissioners court of the county; and
1-28                 (4)  the sheriff shall provide to the commissioners
1-29     court of the county each contract the sheriff makes under this
1-30     section relating to the commissary and shall provide the contract
1-31     within 10 days after the date the contract is made.
1-32           SECTION 2. Section 351.0415(e), Local Government Code, is
1-33     repealed.
1-34           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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