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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the ratio of correctional officers to prisoners in a |
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county jail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 351, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 351.005 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 351.005. RATIO OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS TO PRISONERS. |
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(a) The sheriff shall ensure that: |
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(1) at least one correctional officer is stationed on |
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each floor of a county jail on which 10 or more prisoners are |
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housed; |
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(2) at least one correctional officer is stationed on |
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each floor of the county jail for every 48 prisoners housed on that |
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floor; and |
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(3) sufficient supervisors and other essential |
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personnel are present at the county jail to perform the functions |
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required by the Commission on Jail Standards. |
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(b) The commissioners court shall provide the sheriff with |
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resources necessary to ensure that staffing requirements imposed by |
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Subsection (a) are met. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |