Bill Text: TX HB1708 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-01 - Referred to Finance [HB1708 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1708-Engrossed.html
| 88R2708 BDP-D | ||
| By: Canales, Leach, Sherman, Sr., Burrows, | H.B. No. 1708 | |
| Moody, et al. | ||
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| relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the | ||
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 501.028 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.028. TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS AT DEPARTMENT | ||
| FACILITIES. The department shall ensure that the temperature in | ||
| each facility operated by the department is maintained at not less | ||
| than 65 degrees Fahrenheit or more than 85 degrees Fahrenheit. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is not | ||
| required to comply with the requirements of Section 501.028, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act, until September 1, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
