Bill Text: TX HB3055 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to minimum jail standards for county jails.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-11 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB3055 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3055-Introduced.html
  83R10130 JRR-D
 
  By: Springer H.B. No. 3055
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to minimum jail standards for county jails.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 511.009, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  The commission may not establish minimum standards
  under this chapter that are more stringent than the state or federal
  constitution requires, as determined by a specific order or opinion
  issued by a court of this state or the United States.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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