Bill Text: TX HB1971 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the purchase and installation of climate control systems at facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to Finance [HB1971 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1971-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the purchase and installation of climate control systems at facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to Finance [HB1971 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1971-Comm_Sub.html
87R22284 BDP-D | |||
By: Canales, Sherman, Sr., Wu, Rosenthal, | H.B. No. 1971 | ||
Allen, et al. | |||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1971: | |||
By: Murr | C.S.H.B. No. 1971 |
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relating to the purchase and installation of climate control | ||
systems at facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
Justice. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Department" means the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice. | ||
(2) "Required temperature-controlled area" means the | ||
following areas of a facility operated by the department: | ||
(A) hospitals; | ||
(B) visiting areas; | ||
(C) housing or dormitory areas; | ||
(D) trustee areas; | ||
(E) areas used for medical treatment or care, | ||
including areas used for dispensing medication to inmates; | ||
(F) kitchens or dining areas; | ||
(G) food preparation areas; | ||
(H) community areas, including dayrooms; | ||
(I) laundry areas; | ||
(J) areas used for work stations; | ||
(K) indoor recreational areas, including | ||
gymnasiums; | ||
(L) restroom and shower areas and other areas | ||
related to inmate hygiene; | ||
(M) administrative areas; | ||
(N) correctional officer stations, including | ||
guard post areas; | ||
(O) commissary areas; | ||
(P) areas used for programmatic, educational, or | ||
vocational purposes; | ||
(Q) chapels or churches; | ||
(R) libraries; and | ||
(S) maintenance areas. | ||
(b) The department shall: | ||
(1) contract with a private entity through a | ||
competitive bidding process to purchase and install climate control | ||
systems at each facility operated by the department that is not | ||
currently equipped with a climate control system capable of | ||
maintaining the temperature in the required temperature-controlled | ||
areas of the facility at not less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit or more | ||
than 85 degrees Fahrenheit; and | ||
(2) install the climate control systems in the | ||
following phases, with each phase consisting of the installation of | ||
climate control systems at approximately one-third of the | ||
department's facilities at a cost not to exceed $100 million per | ||
phase: | ||
(A) phase one to be completed not later than | ||
December 31, 2024; | ||
(B) phase two to be completed not later than | ||
December 31, 2026; and | ||
(C) phase three to be completed not later than | ||
December 31, 2028. | ||
(c) In conducting the competitive bidding process, the | ||
department shall solicit bids for the entire scope of the project, | ||
provided that the department may solicit bids for each phase of the | ||
project if necessary or beneficial. | ||
(d) In soliciting bids and determining the requirements for | ||
the phased implementation of the project, the department shall: | ||
(1) prioritize the efficient use of state resources; | ||
and | ||
(2) consider factors such as: | ||
(A) the type of climate control systems needed | ||
for each facility, including the architectural design of each | ||
facility; | ||
(B) the ability of any existing climate control | ||
systems in each facility to maintain the air temperature in the | ||
required temperature-controlled areas of the facility at not less | ||
than 65 degrees Fahrenheit or more than 85 degrees Fahrenheit; | ||
(C) the comparable abilities of different | ||
climate control systems to maintain the temperature described by | ||
Paragraph (B) of this subdivision, including the total cellblock or | ||
dormitory square footage each system is capable of maintaining at | ||
that temperature; and | ||
(D) the use of inmate labor to decrease costs. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act expires January 1, 2031. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is | ||
required to implement a provision of this Act only if: | ||
(1) the legislature allocates available federal funds | ||
specifically for that purpose; or | ||
(2) the legislature specifically appropriates state | ||
funds to the department for the purpose of implementing a provision | ||
of this Act. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a)(2) of this section, | ||
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice may not implement a | ||
provision of this Act using state funds. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2021. |