H.B. No. 3517
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3517 was passed by the House on May
10, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3517 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor