Bill Text: TX SB173 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring the state to reimburse counties for certain costs incurred in confining certain persons arrested following release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-06 - Co-author authorized [SB173 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB173-Introduced.html
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| By: Perry | S.B. No. 173 | |
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| relating to requiring the state to reimburse counties for certain | ||
| costs incurred in confining certain persons arrested following | ||
| release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 508.285 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 508.285. REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES. (a) A county is | ||
| entitled to reimbursement from the department for the following | ||
| amounts for confining a releasee or person described by Section | ||
| 508.281(a) in a county jail: | ||
| (1) for a releasee or person confined only on a charge | ||
| that the releasee or person has committed an administrative | ||
| violation of release or confined after an ineligible release: | ||
| (A) medical or other special needs expenses | ||
| incurred during any day the releasee or person is confined in the | ||
| county jail; and | ||
| (B) the costs of confinement, other than those | ||
| described by Paragraph (A), incurred by the county beginning on the | ||
| 16th day of the releasee's or person's confinement in the county | ||
| jail; and | ||
| (2) for a releasee or person confined following arrest | ||
| for the alleged commission of an offense after release: | ||
| (A) medical or other special needs expenses | ||
| incurred during any day the releasee or person is confined in the | ||
| county jail after the date on which the sheriff notifies the | ||
| department that: | ||
| (i) the releasee or person has discharged | ||
| the sentence for the offense; or | ||
| (ii) the prosecution of the alleged offense | ||
| has been dismissed by the attorney representing the state in the | ||
| manner provided by Article 32.02, Code of Criminal Procedure; and | ||
| (B) the costs of confinement, other than those | ||
| described by Paragraph (A), incurred by the county beginning on the | ||
| 16th day the releasee or person is confined in the county jail after | ||
| the date on which the sheriff notifies the department that: | ||
| (i) the releasee or person has discharged | ||
| the sentence for the offense; or | ||
| (ii) the prosecution of the alleged offense | ||
| has been dismissed by the attorney representing the state in the | ||
| manner provided by Article 32.02, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| (b) A county shall promptly inform the department that the | ||
| county is confining a releasee or person described by Section | ||
| 508.281(a). | ||
| (c) Not later than the 15th day of each quarter of a county's | ||
| fiscal year, the county judge shall certify to the comptroller of | ||
| public accounts the amount of medical or other special needs | ||
| expenses and costs of confinement incurred during the preceding | ||
| fiscal quarter for which the county is entitled to compensation | ||
| under Subsection (a). The comptroller shall issue a warrant in that | ||
| amount to the commissioners court of the county. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
