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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on reducing the level at which the air |
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temperature in facilities operated by the Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice is regulated. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 501.026 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.026. STUDY ON REDUCING AIR TEMPERATURE IN |
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FACILITIES OPERATED BY DEPARTMENT. (a) The department shall |
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contract with a qualified independent vendor to conduct a study on |
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reducing the air temperature in facilities operated by the |
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department. The study must: |
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(1) identify the most cost-effective measures to |
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reduce the air temperature; |
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(2) estimate the costs to the department of |
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implementing those measures; and |
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(3) estimate the amount of time necessary to implement |
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those measures. |
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(b) Not later than August 31, 2020, the department shall |
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prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the |
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speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing |
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committee of the legislature having primary jurisdiction over the |
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department a written report that summarizes the results of the |
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study conducted under this section. |
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(c) This section expires January 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |