By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 704
	(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2003; March 3, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 
April 10, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 10, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 704                                    By:  Williams


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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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