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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting on the population of and the housing costs for |
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certain inmates in county jails. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 511.0101, Government |
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Code, as amended by Chapters 977 (H.B. 3654) and 1215 (S.B. 1009), |
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Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted |
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and amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Each county shall submit to the commission on or before |
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the fifth day of each month a report containing the following |
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information: |
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(1) the number of prisoners confined in the county |
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jail on the first day of the month, classified on the basis of the |
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following categories: |
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(A) total prisoners; |
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(B) pretrial Class C misdemeanor offenders; |
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(C) pretrial Class A and B misdemeanor offenders; |
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(D) convicted misdemeanor offenders; |
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(E) felony offenders whose penalty has been |
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reduced to a misdemeanor; |
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(F) pretrial felony offenders; |
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(G) convicted felony offenders; |
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(H) prisoners detained on bench warrants; |
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(I) prisoners detained for parole violations; |
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(J) prisoners detained for federal officers; |
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(K) prisoners awaiting transfer to the |
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institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
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following conviction of a felony or revocation of probation, |
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parole, or release on mandatory supervision and for whom paperwork |
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and processing required for transfer have been completed; |
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(L) prisoners detained after having been |
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transferred from another jail and for whom the commission has made a |
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payment under Subchapter F, Chapter 499, Government Code; |
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(M) prisoners who: |
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(i) are not citizens or nationals of the |
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United States; and |
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(ii) are unlawfully present in the United |
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States according to the terms of the Immigration Reform and Control |
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Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.) [known to be pregnant]; |
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and |
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(N) other prisoners; |
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(2) the total capacity of the county jail on the first |
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day of the month; |
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(3) the total number of prisoners who were confined in |
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the county jail during the preceding month, based on a count |
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conducted on each day of that month, who were known or had been |
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determined to be pregnant; [and] |
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(4) the total cost to the county during the preceding |
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month of housing prisoners described by Subdivision (1)(M); and |
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(5) certification by the reporting official that the |
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information in the report is accurate. |
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SECTION 2. A county shall submit the first report required |
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by Section 511.0101, Government Code, as amended by this Act, not |
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later than October 5, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |