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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notifying the next of kin of a person confined in the |
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice of a change in the person's |
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eligibility to receive visitors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 501.010, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The uniform visitation policy must require that, if an |
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inmate in a warden's facility has provided the warden with the |
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e-mail address or telephone number of the inmate's next of kin, the |
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warden shall notify the next of kin of any change in the inmate's |
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eligibility to receive visitors. |
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SECTION 2. Section 507.030(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The state jail division shall establish a visitation |
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policy for persons confined in state jail felony facilities. The |
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policy must require that, if a person confined in a state jail |
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felony facility has provided the facility's warden with the e-mail |
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address or telephone number of the person's next of kin, the warden |
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shall notify the next of kin of any change in the person's |
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eligibility to receive visitors. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2013, the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice shall make changes to the |
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department's policies under Sections 501.010(b) and 507.030(b), |
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Government Code, as necessary to comply with this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |