Bill Text: TX SB1014 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the discharge of a prisoner from a county jail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-16 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1014 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1014-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the discharge of a prisoner from a county jail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-16 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1014 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1014-Introduced.html
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| By: Davis | S.B. No. 1014 | |
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| relating to time of day during which prisoners may be discharged or | ||
| released from county jails. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 511.0098 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 511.0098. DISCHARGE OR RELEASE TIME. (a) The | ||
| commission shall adopt rules establishing the time of day during | ||
| which prisoners, other than prisoners being released on bond, may | ||
| be discharged or released from county jails. | ||
| (b) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) may not allow a | ||
| prisoner, other than a prisoner being admitted to an inpatient | ||
| mental health facility or a state-supported living center for | ||
| court-ordered mental health or mental retardation services or being | ||
| transferred to the custody of another state, a unit of the federal | ||
| government, or a facility operated by or under contract with the | ||
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice, to be discharged or released | ||
| from a county jail after 7 p.m. and before 7 a.m., unless an exigent | ||
| circumstance requires the prisoner's discharge or release after 7 | ||
| p.m. and before 7 a.m. | ||
| (c) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must require that | ||
| the operator of a county jail maintain a record of each prisoner | ||
| discharged or released after 7 p.m. and before 7 a.m. The record | ||
| must include: | ||
| (1) the exigent circumstance that warranted the | ||
| prisoner's discharge or release after 7 p.m. and before 7 a.m.; | ||
| (2) if applicable, the date and time the operator | ||
| received a release order or similar document from a court or other | ||
| authority; and | ||
| (3) the date and time of the prisoner's discharge or | ||
| release. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Commission on Jail Standards shall adopt the | ||
| rules required by Section 511.0098, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, not later than January 1, 2012. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
