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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to |
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reimburse counties for certain costs for confining a person pending |
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a transfer to the department. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 499, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 499.1215 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 499.1215. REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES. (a) A county is |
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entitled to reimbursement from the department for the cost of |
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confining an inmate described by Section 499.121(c) in a county |
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jail at a rate of $45 for each day the inmate remains confined |
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following the date on which all processing required for transfer |
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has been completed. |
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(b) A county judge may request reimbursement by submitting |
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to the comptroller a statement of the amount for which the county is |
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entitled to reimbursement under Subsection (a). On receipt of a |
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statement from a county under this subsection, the comptroller |
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shall reimburse the county in the amount requested from funds |
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appropriated to the department. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 508.285 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 508.285. REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES. (a) A county is |
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entitled to reimbursement from the department for the cost of |
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confining a person described by Section 508.281(a) in a county jail |
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at a rate of $45 for each day the person remains confined following |
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the date on which the county's processing related to the transfer of |
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the person to the department has been completed if the person is |
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confined after an ineligible release or only on a charge that the |
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person has committed an administrative violation of release. |
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(b) A county judge may request reimbursement by submitting |
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to the comptroller a statement of the amount for which the county is |
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entitled to reimbursement under Subsection (a). On receipt of a |
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statement from a county under this subsection, the comptroller |
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shall reimburse the county in the amount requested from funds |
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appropriated to the department. |
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SECTION 3. Section 499.1215, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to the reimbursement of a county for the cost |
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of confinement of an inmate described by Section 499.1215(a) that |
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occurs on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of |
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whether all processing required for transfer of the inmate to the |
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice is completed before, on, or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. Section 508.285, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a person who is arrested on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A person arrested before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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person was arrested, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |