85R6168 JG-D
 
  By: Israel H.B. No. 1409
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to reporting concerning certain inmates who are confined
  in county jails for misdemeanor offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 511.0101, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) 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 Class C misdemeanor offenders;
                     (E)  convicted Class A and B misdemeanor
  offenders;
                     (F)  felony offenders whose penalty has been
  reduced to a misdemeanor;
                     (G) [(F)]  pretrial felony offenders;
                     (H) [(G)]  convicted felony offenders;
                     (I) [(H)]  prisoners detained on bench warrants;
                     (J) [(I)]  prisoners detained for parole
  violations;
                     (K) [(J)]  prisoners detained for federal
  officers;
                     (L) [(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;
                     (M) [(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];
                     (N) [(M)]  prisoners for whom an immigration
  detainer has been issued by United States Immigration and Customs
  Enforcement; and
                     (O) [(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;
               (4)  the total cost to the county during the preceding
  month of housing prisoners described by Subdivision (1)(N)
  [(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.
         (c)  The commission shall make the information reported
  under Subsection (a) available on the commission's Internet
  website.
         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, 2017.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.