Bill Text: TX HB2930 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to contracting for and making purchases with proceeds from a commissary for the use of inmates in the jails of certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Referred to County Affairs [HB2930 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2930-Introduced.html

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2011S0541-1 03/01/11
By: Woolley H.B. No. 2930

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to contracting for and making purchases with proceeds from
a commissary for the use of inmates in the jails of certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 351.04155, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to a county of 3.3 million or
more or a county that:
(1) has a population of one million or more;
(2) has two municipalities with a population of
200,000 or more; and
(3) is adjacent to a county with a population of one
million or more.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.