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SENATE RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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Senate Bill No. 909 (the continuation and functions of the Texas |
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Board of Criminal Justice, the Texas Department of Criminal |
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Justice, and the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, and |
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to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles) to consider |
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and take action on the following matter: |
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Senate Rules 12.03(3) and (4) are suspended to permit the |
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committee to add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to |
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the bill: |
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SECTION ____. Subchapter D, Chapter 499, Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 499.072 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 499.072. LOCATION OF CENTRAL PRISON UNIT. (a) The |
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department shall conduct a feasibility study of relocating the |
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Central Prison Unit and the adjoining prison housing units from |
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their current location in Sugar Land, Texas, to a location that |
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more appropriately addresses the needs of the correctional |
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system. |
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(b) If relocation is determined to be in the best |
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interest of the correctional system and the City of Sugar Land, |
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during the course of the study the department shall examine: |
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(1) the costs and benefits of relocating the Central |
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Prison Unit and the adjoining prison housing units; |
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(2) appropriate measures to ensure that adequate |
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easements are granted to allow development of surrounding |
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property; and |
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(3) an anticipated timeline for the relocation. |
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Explanation: This addition is necessary to require the |
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice to conduct a feasibility |
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study concerning the relocation of certain prison units and |
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prison housing units. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 27, 2007. |
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Secretary of the Senate |