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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the minimum number of county jailers necessary to staff |
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a county jail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 351, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 351.048 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 351.048. MINIMUM STAFF. (a) The sheriff or the |
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administrator of a county jail, as applicable, shall employ at |
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least one county jailer for every 48 inmates housed in the county |
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jail. |
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(b) The commissioners court of a county shall provide |
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sufficient funding for the employment of county jailers in the |
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number required by this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 351.048, Local Government Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies to the commissioners court of a county and to |
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the sheriff or jail administrator of a county beginning on the first |
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day of the first county fiscal year that begins after the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |