78R13488 KCR-F


By:  Gallego                                                      H.B. No. 3517



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain correctional facilities that house only federal 
prisoners.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 511.0094, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 511.0094.  EXCLUSION OF JAILS OR CORRECTIONAL 
FACILITIES HOUSING ONLY FEDERAL PRISONERS.  The provisions of this 
chapter do not apply to a correctional facility [, other than a 
county jail,] contracting to house only federal prisoners and 
operating pursuant to a contract between a unit of the federal 
government and a county, a municipality, or a private vendor.  If a 
county, municipality, or private vendor contracts to house or 
begins to house state, county, or municipal prisoners or prisoners 
of another state of the United States, it shall report to the 
commission before placing such inmates in a correctional facility 
housing only federal prisoners.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.