Bill Text: TX HB4837 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a veteran housing program established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Referred to Vet Affairs [HB4837 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4837-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a veteran housing program established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Referred to Vet Affairs [HB4837 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4837-Introduced.html
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By: Lopez of Bexar | H.B. No. 4837 |
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relating to a veteran housing program established by the Texas | ||
Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 501.115 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 501.115. VETERAN HOUSING PROGRAM. (a) The department | ||
shall establish a housing program for inmates who are veterans of | ||
the United States armed forces. The program must: | ||
(1) dedicate certain cellblocks or dormitories for use | ||
in the program; and | ||
(2) include procedures to: | ||
(A) verify the veteran status of each inmate | ||
during the diagnostic process; and | ||
(B) allow an inmate whose veteran status is | ||
verified to opt in to the housing dedicated for use in the program | ||
under Subdivision (1). | ||
(b) A cellblock or dormitory dedicated for use in the | ||
program under Subsection (a)(1) may, if necessary, be used to house | ||
inmates who are not veterans. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall | ||
establish the program required by Section 501.115, Government Code, | ||
as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |