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  By: Homer H.B. No. 4684
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to state prisoners in a county jail.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 351, Local Government Code, is amended
  by adding Section 351.005 to read as follows:
         Sec. 351.005.  STATE PRISONERS.  A prisoner who is awaiting
  transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice - Institutional Division shall not be included in any
  determination concerning compliance with this Subchapter or the
  rules of the Commission on Jail Standards.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.