78R9032 GWK-D

By:  Allen                                                        H.B. No. 2893



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the operations of the Commission on Jail Standards.               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 511.003, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 511.003.  SUNSET PROVISION.  The Commission on Jail 
Standards is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless 
continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission 
is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2007 [2009].
	SECTION 2.  Section 511.0093(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The commission may impose a reasonable fee on a private 
vendor that operates a correctional facility housing prisoners from 
jurisdictions other than this state.  The fee must reasonably 
compensate the commission for the cost of regulating and providing 
technical assistance to the facility.
	SECTION 3.  Section 511.0101(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  The commission shall prescribe a form for the report 
required by this section.  If the report establishes that a county 
jail has been operated in excess of its total capacity for four 
[three] consecutive months, the commission may consider adoption of 
an order to prohibit confinement of prisoners in the county jail 
under Section 511.012.
	SECTION 4.  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.