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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the state to reimburse counties for certain |
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costs incurred in confining certain persons arrested following |
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release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. 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 following |
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amounts for confining a releasee or person described by Section |
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508.281(a) in a county jail: |
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(1) for a releasee or person confined only on a charge |
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that the releasee or person has committed an administrative |
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violation of release or confined after an ineligible release: |
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(A) medical or other special needs expenses |
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incurred during any day the releasee or person is confined in the |
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county jail; and |
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(B) the costs of confinement, other than those |
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described by Paragraph (A), incurred by the county beginning on the |
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16th day of the releasee's or person's confinement in the county |
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jail; and |
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(2) for a releasee or person confined following arrest |
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for the alleged commission of an offense after release: |
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(A) medical or other special needs expenses |
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incurred during any day the releasee or person is confined in the |
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county jail after the date on which the sheriff notifies the |
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department that: |
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(i) the releasee or person has discharged |
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the sentence for the offense; or |
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(ii) the prosecution of the alleged offense |
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has been dismissed by the attorney representing the state in the |
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manner provided by Article 32.02, Code of Criminal Procedure; and |
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(B) the costs of confinement, other than those |
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described by Paragraph (A), incurred by the county beginning on the |
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16th day the releasee or person is confined in the county jail after |
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the date on which the sheriff notifies the department that: |
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(i) the releasee or person has discharged |
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the sentence for the offense; or |
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(ii) the prosecution of the alleged offense |
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has been dismissed by the attorney representing the state in the |
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manner provided by Article 32.02, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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(b) A county shall promptly inform the department that the |
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county is confining a releasee or person described by Section |
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508.281(a). |
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(c) Not later than the 15th day of each quarter of a county's |
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fiscal year, the county judge shall certify to the comptroller of |
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public accounts the amount of medical or other special needs |
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expenses and costs of confinement incurred during the preceding |
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fiscal quarter for which the county is entitled to compensation |
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under Subsection (a). The comptroller shall issue a warrant in that |
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amount to the commissioners court of the county. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |