78R4224 MXM-F
By: Farrar H.B. No. 681
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the location of a jail or related facility operated by a
municipality and a county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 361.067, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 361.067. LOCATION OF JAIL RESTRICTED IN POPULOUS
MUNICIPALITY. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subchapter, a private vendor [or county] may not establish a jail,
detention center, work camp, or related facility in a municipality
with a population of 1,500,000 or more if that facility is to be
located within one-half mile of a public school, institution of
higher education, or place of worship.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.