By: Stucky, Murr (Senate Sponsor - Flores) H.B. No. 2183
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2023;
  April 20, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Criminal Justice; May 3, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 3, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the temporary appointment of county jailers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1701.310, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and
  (b-3) to read as follows:
         (b)  A county jailer appointed on a temporary basis who does
  not satisfactorily complete the preparatory training program
  before the first anniversary of the date that the person is
  appointed shall be removed from the position. A county jailer
  appointed on a temporary basis shall be enrolled in the preparatory
  training program on or before the 90th day after their temporary
  appointment.  A temporary appointment may not be renewed, except
  that the sheriff may petition the commission to extend the
  temporary appointment for a period not to exceed six months.
         (b-1)  A person who has previously been appointed on a
  temporary basis as a county jailer and separated from that position
  may be subsequently appointed on a temporary basis as a county
  jailer under Subsection (b) at the same or a different county jail
  only if the person was in good standing at the time the person
  separated from the position. 
         (b-2)  A person who has cumulatively served as a county
  jailer on a temporary basis under Subsection (b) for two years may
  continue to serve for the remainder of that temporary appointment,
  not to exceed the first anniversary of the date of the most recent
  appointment. The person is not eligible for an extension of that
  appointment or for a subsequent appointment on a temporary basis as
  a county jailer under that subsection at the same or a different
  county jail until the first anniversary of the date the person
  separates from the temporary appointment during which the person
  reached two years of cumulative service.
         (b-3)  A person whose county jailer license has become
  inactive may be appointed as a county jailer on a temporary basis
  under Subsection (b).
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt the
  rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act to
  Section 1701.310, Occupations Code.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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