AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
S.B. 1698 amends current law relating to reporting concerning inmates who are confined in county jails and subject to federal immigration detainers.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Reenacts Section 511.0101(a), Government Code, as amended by Chapters 977 (H.B. 3654) and 1215 (S.B. 1009), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and amends it as follows:
(a) Requires each county to submit to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards on or before the fifth day of each month a report containing the following information:
(1) the number of prisoners confined in the county jail on the first day of the month, classified on the basis of the following categories:
(A)-(L) Makes no changes to these paragraphs;
(M) prisoners for whom an immigration detainer has been issued by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, rather than prisoners who are known to be pregnant; and
(N) Makes no changes to this paragraph;
(2)-(3) Makes no changes to these subdivisions;
(4) the total cost to the county during the preceding month of housing prisoners described by Subdivision (1)(M), calculated based on the average daily cost of housing a prisoner in the county jail; and
(5) Redesignates existing Subdivision (4) as Subdivision (5).
SECTION 2. Requires a county to submit the first report required by Section 511.0101, Government Code, as amended by this Act, not later than October 5, 2011.
SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2011.