By Counts H.B. No. 2818
77R9250 T
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.