By Farrar                                             H.B. No. 2540
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the location of certain correctional and rehabilitation
 1-3     facilities.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 244, Local Government Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 244.0015 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 244.0015.  LOCATION REQUIREMENT FOR CORRECTIONAL OR
 1-8     REHABILITATION FACILITY. An agency of the state, a political
 1-9     subdivision of the state, or a private vendor operating under a
1-10     contract with an agency or political subdivision of the state may
1-11     not construct or operate a correctional or rehabilitation facility
1-12     within 3,000 feet of another correctional or rehabilitation
1-13     facility.
1-14           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-15           (b)  Section 244.0015, Local Government Code, as added by
1-16     this Act, does not apply to a correctional or rehabilitation
1-17     facility that is in operation, under construction, under contract
1-18     for operation or construction, or planned for construction on the
1-19     effective date of this Act.