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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the Commission on Jail Standards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 511.004(a) and (c), Government Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission consists of 11 [nine] members appointed |
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by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as |
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follows: |
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(1) one [. One] member who is [must be] a sheriff of a |
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county with a population of more than 35,000; |
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(2) [,] one member who is [must be] a sheriff of a |
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county with a population of 35,000 or less; |
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(3) [,] one member who is [must be] a county judge; |
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(4) [,] one member who is [must be] a county |
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commissioner; |
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(5) two members who are practitioners [, one must be a
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practitioner] of medicine licensed by the Texas State Board of |
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Medical Examiners, one of whom must be board certified in |
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psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the |
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American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry; |
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(6) one member who has expertise in providing veterans |
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with information on the programs, services, and other resources |
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that are available to veterans in this state; and |
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(7) [the other] four members who are [must be] |
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representatives of the general public, at [. At] least one of whom |
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must reside in [the four citizen members must be from] a county with |
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a population of 35,000 or less. |
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(c) Members serve for terms of six years with the terms of |
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either three or four [one-third of the] members expiring on January |
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31 of each odd-numbered year. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 31, 2019, the |
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governor shall appoint the two additional members required under |
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Section 511.004(a), Government Code, as amended by this Act. In |
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appointing those members, the governor shall appoint one person to |
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a term expiring January 31, 2023, and one person to a term expiring |
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January 31, 2025. |
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(b) Until all appointees to the Commission on Jail Standards |
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have taken office, a quorum of the commission is a majority of the |
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number of members who are qualified. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |