1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the maximum inmate population of facilities operated by
 1-3     municipalities.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 361.065, Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 361.065.  MAXIMUM INMATE POPULATION.  A facility
 1-8     authorized by this subchapter must be designed, constructed,
 1-9     operated, and maintained to hold not more than an average daily
1-10     population of 2,000 [500] inmates.  [This population requirement
1-11     does not apply to a facility that is under construction or
1-12     completed before August 3, 1987.]
1-13           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-14     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-15     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-16     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-17     Act takes effect September 2, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2818 was passed by the House on May
         5, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2818 was passed by the Senate on May
         22, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor