Bill Text: TX HB1409 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to reporting concerning certain inmates who are confined in county jails for misdemeanor offenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB1409 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1409-Introduced.html

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85R6168 JG-D
By: Israel H.B. No. 1409

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting concerning certain inmates who are confined
in county jails for misdemeanor offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 511.0101, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Each county shall submit to the commission on or before
the fifth day of each month a report containing the following
information:
(1) the number of prisoners confined in the county
jail on the first day of the month, classified on the basis of the
following categories:
(A) total prisoners;
(B) pretrial Class C misdemeanor offenders;
(C) pretrial Class A and B misdemeanor offenders;
(D) convicted Class C misdemeanor offenders;
(E) convicted Class A and B misdemeanor
offenders;
(F) felony offenders whose penalty has been
reduced to a misdemeanor;
(G) [(F)] pretrial felony offenders;
(H) [(G)] convicted felony offenders;
(I) [(H)] prisoners detained on bench warrants;
(J) [(I)] prisoners detained for parole
violations;
(K) [(J)] prisoners detained for federal
officers;
(L) [(K)] prisoners awaiting transfer to the
institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
following conviction of a felony or revocation of probation,
parole, or release on mandatory supervision and for whom paperwork
and processing required for transfer have been completed;
(M) [(L)] prisoners detained after having been
transferred from another jail and for whom the commission has made a
payment under Subchapter F, Chapter 499[, Government Code];
(N) [(M)] prisoners for whom an immigration
detainer has been issued by United States Immigration and Customs
Enforcement; and
(O) [(N)] other prisoners;
(2) the total capacity of the county jail on the first
day of the month;
(3) the total number of prisoners who were confined in
the county jail during the preceding month, based on a count
conducted on each day of that month, who were known or had been
determined to be pregnant;
(4) the total cost to the county during the preceding
month of housing prisoners described by Subdivision (1)(N)
[(1)(M)], calculated based on the average daily cost of housing a
prisoner in the county jail; and
(5) certification by the reporting official that the
information in the report is accurate.
(c) The commission shall make the information reported
under Subsection (a) available on the commission's Internet
website.
SECTION 2. A county shall submit the first report required
by Section 511.0101, Government Code, as amended by this Act, not
later than October 5, 2017.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.