1-1 By: Counts (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh) H.B. No. 2818
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
1-3 May 7, 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 the maximum inmate population of facilities operated by
1-10 municipalities.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Chapter 361.065, Local Government Code, is
1-13 amended as follows:
1-14 Sec. 361.065. MAXIMUM INMATE POPULATION. A facility
1-15 authorized by this subchapter must be designed, constructed,
1-16 operated, and maintained to hold not more than an average daily
1-17 population of 2,000 [500] inmates. [This population requirement
1-18 does not apply to a facility that is under construction or
1-19 completed before August 3, 1987.]
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24 Act takes effect September 2, 2001.
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