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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain duties regarding county jail prisoners confined |
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in out-of-state correctional facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 49.18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) If a prisoner of a county in this state dies while |
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confined in an out-of-state penal institution, the justice of the |
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peace of the precinct where the county jail is located shall conduct |
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an inquiry into the death and file a written report with the |
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attorney general not later than the 30th day after the date on which |
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the prisoner died. The justice of the peace shall make a good faith |
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effort to obtain all facts relevant to the death and include those |
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facts in the report. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 511.01055 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 511.01055. REPORTS REGARDING PRISONERS CONFINED IN |
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OUT-OF-STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. (a) Not later than February |
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1 of each year, each county jail shall submit to the commission a |
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report regarding the confinement of prisoners in out-of-state |
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correctional facilities during the preceding calendar year. The |
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report must include: |
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(1) the total number of prisoners confined in |
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out-of-state correctional facilities; |
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(2) the total number of prisoners who died while |
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confined in out-of-state correctional facilities; and |
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(3) the total number of prisoners who escaped or |
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attempted to escape while confined in out-of-state correctional |
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facilities. |
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(b) The commission shall prescribe a form for the report |
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required by Subsection (a). |
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(c) Not later than March 1 of each year, the commission |
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shall submit a report summarizing the information submitted under |
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Subsection (a) for the preceding calendar year to the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, |
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and each standing committee of the legislature with primary |
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jurisdiction over the commission. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |