By: Kolkhorst  S.B. No. 572
         (In the Senate - Filed January 24, 2023; February 17, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
  April 17, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0, one present not
  voting; April 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 572 By:  Hall
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of a general-law municipality or county
  to regulate residential child detention facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended
  by adding Section 250.014 to read as follows:
         Sec. 250.014.  REGULATION OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL CHILD
  DETENTION FACILITIES. (a) In this section, "residential child
  detention facility" means a private facility other than a facility
  licensed by this state that operates under a contract with the
  United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United
  States Department of Health and Human Services, or another federal
  agency to provide 24-hour custody or care to unaccompanied
  immigrant or refugee children.
         (b)  This section applies only to a residential child
  detention facility.
         (c)  A general-law municipality or a county in the
  unincorporated area of the county may:
               (1)  designate an area in which a residential child
  detention facility may be located; and
               (2)  take other measures necessary to protect the
  health and safety of the individuals residing in a residential
  child detention facility.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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