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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to regulation contracts for operation of jails or |
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correctional facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 511.0094, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Sec. 511.0094 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 511.0094. EXCLUSION OF JAILS OR CORRECTIONAL |
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FACILITIES HOUSING ONLY FEDERAL PRISONERS. The provisions of this |
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chapter do not apply to a correctional facility contracting to |
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house only federal prisoners and operating pursuant to a contract |
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between a unit of the federal government and a county, a
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municipality, or a private vendor. If a county or a municipality |
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contracts to house or begins to house only federal prisoners the |
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provisions of this chapter do apply. If a county, municipality, or |
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private vendor contracts to house or begins to house state, county, |
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or municipal prisoners or prisoners of another state of the United |
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States, it shall report to the commission before placing such |
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inmates in a correctional facility housing only federal prisoners. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |