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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to contracts for the housing of inmates released on parole |
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or to mandatory supervision. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 508, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 508.120 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 508.120. CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE VENDOR FOR HOUSING. |
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Each contract that the department enters into with a private vendor |
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for the operation of a facility to house releasees must include a |
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provision that: |
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(1) requires the department to provide a written |
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warning to the vendor not later than the 15th day following the end |
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of a fiscal quarter in which the vendor has 10 or more instances of |
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noncompliance with the contract; and |
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(2) provides for the automatic termination of the |
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contract on the second fiscal quarter in which the vendor has 10 or |
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more instances of noncompliance during a three-year period. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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contract entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A contract entered into or renewed before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the |
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contract was entered into or renewed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |