Bill Text: TX HB3766 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the use of proceeds from a county jail's commissary operation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Referred to Appropriations [HB3766 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3766-Introduced.html
  82R12015 MAW-D
 
  By: Pitts H.B. No. 3766
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of proceeds from a county jail's commissary
  operation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 351.0415(c) and (g), Local Government
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The sheriff or the sheriff's designee may use commissary
  proceeds only to:
               (1)  fund, staff, and equip a program addressing the
  social needs of the inmates, including an educational or
  recreational program and religious or rehabilitative counseling;
               (2)  supply inmates with clothing, writing materials,
  and hygiene supplies;
               (3)  establish, staff, and equip the commissary
  operation and fund the salaries of staff responsible for managing
  the inmates' commissary accounts;
               (4)  fund, staff, and equip both an educational and a
  law library for the educational use of inmates; [or]
               (5)  fund physical plant improvements, technology,
  equipment, programs, services, and activities that provide for the
  well-being, health, safety, and security of the inmates and the
  facility; or
               (6)  pay fees to the Commission on Jail Standards under
  Section 511.0091, Government Code.
         (g)  Commissary proceeds may be used only for the purposes
  described in Subsection (c).  Except as provided by Subsection
  (c)(6), a [A] commissioners court may not use commissary proceeds
  to fund the budgetary operating expenses of a county jail.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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