SRC-TAG S.B. 704 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 704
78R5480 EMT-DBy: Jackson
Criminal Justice
4/7/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the occupancy of a correctional facility operated by a city or
county cannot exceed more than 2,000 inmates, on a daily basis.  Galveston
County and the city of Galveston are combining their inmates under one
facility until the constructing a new jail house for all their detainees
is built, and will exceed the cap of 2,000 inmates.  As proposed, S.B. 704
increases the maximum inmate population of a correctional facility
operated by a city or a county.    

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 361.065, Government Code, to require a facility
authorized by this subchapter to be designed, constructed, operated. and
maintained to hold not more than an average daily population of 4,000,
rather than 2000, inmates. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2003.