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By: Birdwell |
S.B. No. 1896 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2023; March 20, 2023, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; |
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April 27, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 27, 2023, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1896 |
By: Flores |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the investigation of the death of a prisoner in county |
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jail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 511.021(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) On the death of a prisoner in a county jail, other than a |
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death from natural causes as determined by a physician during an |
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autopsy or examination of the deceased prisoner, the commission |
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shall appoint a law enforcement agency, other than the local law |
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enforcement agency that operates the county jail, to investigate |
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the death as soon as possible. Except as otherwise provided by |
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Subsection (b), the appointed law enforcement agency shall conduct |
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the investigation. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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