S.B. No. 704




AN ACT

relating to the maximum inmate population of a facility operated by 
a city or county.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 361.065, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 361.065.  MAXIMUM INMATE POPULATION.  A facility 
authorized by this subchapter must be designed, constructed, 
operated, and maintained to hold not more than an average daily 
population of 4,000 [2,000] inmates.
	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.

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 704 passed the Senate on 
April 16, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 704 passed the House on 
May 23, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, two 
present not voting.




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   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor