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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting concerning certain inmates who are confined |
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in county jails for misdemeanor offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 511.0101, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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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 Class C misdemeanor offenders; |
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(E) convicted Class A and B misdemeanor |
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offenders; |
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(F) felony offenders whose penalty has been |
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reduced to a misdemeanor; |
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(G) [(F)] pretrial felony offenders; |
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(H) [(G)] convicted felony offenders; |
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(I) [(H)] prisoners detained on bench warrants; |
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(J) [(I)] prisoners detained for parole |
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violations; |
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(K) [(J)] prisoners detained for federal |
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officers; |
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(L) [(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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(M) [(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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(N) [(M)] prisoners for whom an immigration |
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detainer has been issued by United States Immigration and Customs |
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Enforcement; and |
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(O) [(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; |
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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)(N) |
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[(1)(M)], calculated based on the average daily cost of housing a |
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prisoner in the county jail; 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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(c) The commission shall make the information reported |
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under Subsection (a) available on the commission's Internet |
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website. |
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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, 2017. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |