S.B. No. 1698
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to reporting concerning inmates who are confined in county
  jails and subject to federal immigration detainers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
  SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 511.0101, Government
  Code, as amended by Chapters 977 (H.B. 3654) and 1215 (S.B. 1009),
  Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted
  and amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Each county shall submit to the commission 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)  total prisoners;
                     (B)  pretrial Class C misdemeanor offenders;
                     (C)  pretrial Class A and B misdemeanor offenders;
                     (D)  convicted misdemeanor offenders;
                     (E)  felony offenders whose penalty has been
  reduced to a misdemeanor;
                     (F)  pretrial felony offenders;
                     (G)  convicted felony offenders;
                     (H)  prisoners detained on bench warrants;
                     (I)  prisoners detained for parole violations;
                     (J)  prisoners detained for federal officers;
                     (K)  prisoners awaiting transfer to the
  institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  following conviction of a felony or revocation of probation,
  parole, or release on mandatory supervision and for whom paperwork
  and processing required for transfer have been completed;
                     (L)  prisoners detained after having been
  transferred from another jail and for whom the commission has made a
  payment under Subchapter F, Chapter 499, Government Code;
                     (M)  prisoners for whom an immigration detainer
  has been issued by United States Immigration and Customs
  Enforcement [who are known to be pregnant]; and
                     (N)  other prisoners;
               (2)  the total capacity of the county jail on the first
  day of the month; 
               (3)  the total number of prisoners who were confined in
  the county jail during the preceding month, based on a count
  conducted on each day of that month, who were known or had been
  determined to be pregnant; [and]
               (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)  certification by the reporting official that the
  information in the report is accurate.
         SECTION 2.  A county shall submit the first report required
  by Section 511.0101, Government Code, as amended by this Act, not
  later than October 5, 2011.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1698 passed the Senate on
  May 13, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1698 passed the House on
  May 23, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor