By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 592


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the location of a jail or related facility operated 
jointly 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.  (a)  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.
	(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a booking facility, 
operated jointly by a county and a municipality, that is located 
within one-half mile of an institution of higher education.
	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.