80R23736 KCR-D
 
  By: Madden H.R. No. 2893
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
  Texas, 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, That House Rule 13,
  Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
  Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
  resolve the differences on Senate Bill No. 909 (the continuation
  and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice, and the Correctional Managed Health
  Care Committee, and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and
  Paroles) to consider and take action on the following matter:
         House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(3) and (4), are suspended to
  permit the committee to add the following appropriately numbered
  SECTION to the bill:
         SECTION ____.  Subchapter D, Chapter 499, Government Code,
  is amended by adding Section 499.072 to read as follows:
         Sec. 499.072.  LOCATION OF CENTRAL PRISON UNIT.  (a)  The
  department shall conduct a feasibility study of relocating the
  Central Prison Unit and the adjoining prison housing units from
  their current location in Sugar Land, Texas, to a location that more
  appropriately addresses the needs of the correctional system.
         (b)  If relocation is determined to be in the best interest
  of the correctional system and the City of Sugar Land, during the
  course of the study the department shall examine:
               (1)  the costs and benefits of relocating the Central
  Prison Unit and the adjoining prison housing units;
               (2)  appropriate measures to ensure that adequate
  easements are granted to allow development of surrounding property;
  and
               (3)  an anticipated timeline for the relocation.
         Explanation: This addition is necessary to require the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice to conduct a feasibility study
  concerning the relocation of certain prison units and prison
  housing units.