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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that a county report the number of certain |
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persons with mental illness detained in that county's jail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 511.0101(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Each county shall submit to the commission on or before |
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the fifth day of each month a report containing the following |
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information: |
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(1) the number of prisoners confined in the county |
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jail on the first day of the month, classified on the basis of the |
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following categories: |
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(A) total prisoners; |
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(B) pretrial Class C misdemeanor offenders; |
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(C) pretrial Class A and B misdemeanor offenders; |
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(D) convicted misdemeanor offenders; |
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(E) felony offenders whose penalty has been |
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reduced to a misdemeanor; |
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(F) pretrial felony offenders; |
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(G) convicted felony offenders; |
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(H) prisoners detained on bench warrants; |
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(I) prisoners detained for parole violations; |
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(J) prisoners detained for federal officers; |
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(K) prisoners awaiting transfer to the |
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institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
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following conviction of a felony or revocation of probation, |
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parole, or release on mandatory supervision and for whom paperwork |
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and processing required for transfer have been completed; |
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(L) prisoners detained after having been |
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transferred from another jail and for whom the commission has made a |
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payment under Subchapter F, Chapter 499[, Government Code]; |
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(M) prisoners for whom an immigration detainer |
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has been issued by United States Immigration and Customs |
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Enforcement; and |
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(N) other prisoners; |
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(2) the total capacity of the county jail on the first |
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day of the month; |
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(3) the total number of prisoners who were confined in |
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the county jail during the preceding month, based on a count |
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conducted on each day of that month, who were known or had been |
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determined to be pregnant; |
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(3-a) the total number of prisoners who were confined |
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in the county jail during the preceding month who were not charged |
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with a criminal offense and were apprehended by a peace officer: |
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(A) for emergency detention without a warrant |
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under Section 573.001, Health and Safety Code; |
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(B) for emergency detention with a warrant issued |
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under Section 573.012, Health and Safety Code; or |
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(C) for protective custody with an order issued |
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under Section 574.022, Health and Safety Code; |
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(4) the total cost to the county during the preceding |
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month of housing prisoners described by Subdivision (1)(M), |
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calculated based on the average daily cost of housing a prisoner in |
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the county jail; and |
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(5) certification by the reporting official that the |
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information in the report is accurate. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |