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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment of a compliance monitor to oversee |
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certain county jails. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 511.008, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The commission shall employ compliance monitors as |
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necessary to oversee compliance efforts of county jails under |
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Section 511.0122. The commission may employ assistant compliance |
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monitors as necessary to assist a compliance monitor. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 511.0122 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 511.0122. COMPLIANCE MONITORING. (a) The commission |
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shall, on the issuance of three reports of noncompliance under |
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Section 511.011 during an 18-month period or the issuance of five |
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reports of noncompliance under Section 511.011 during a 36-month |
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period, issue a remedial order appointing a compliance monitor to |
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oversee compliance efforts of the county jail for which the |
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findings of noncompliance were made. |
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(b) A compliance monitor shall develop a compliance plan for |
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a county jail under this section. The plan must ensure that the |
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county jail corrects the issues identified in the reports of |
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noncompliance issued to the county jail. The compliance monitor |
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shall provide monthly reports to the sheriff, county judge, |
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executive director, and commission on the county jail's progress |
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toward meeting the requirements of the compliance plan. |
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(c) A compliance monitor shall continue to oversee a county |
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jail under this section for a period of six months after the date |
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the commission determines that the county jail is in compliance |
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with applicable state law and commission rules, standards, and |
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procedures. If a report of noncompliance under Section 511.011 is |
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issued to a county jail during the 12-month period after the county |
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jail becomes compliant in accordance with this section, the |
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commission shall promptly issue a remedial order appointing a |
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compliance monitor to oversee compliance efforts of the county jail |
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in accordance with this section. |
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(d) The commission shall continue to conduct annual and |
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other routine or special inspections during the period that a |
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compliance monitor is overseeing a county jail. |
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(e) The county in which the county jail overseen by a |
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compliance monitor is located shall reimburse the commission for |
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all costs incurred by the commission in overseeing the county jail, |
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including the amount of the salary and benefits paid to the |
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compliance monitor and any assistant compliance monitors. |
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(f) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this |
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section. |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Commission on Jail Standards shall adopt rules as |
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necessary to implement Section 511.0122, Government Code, as added |
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by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |