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1Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 86th Legislature (2019). It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Compared against the Texas statutes as published AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.
This bill amends 1 section(s) of the Texas statutes: Section 493.010, Government Code.
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Section 493.010, Government Code
(a) (b) The board may not enter into a lease or contract with an operator of a private jail or alternative housing facility under Subsection (a) unless the operator submits to the board a permit or other documentation showing that the jail or facility is in compliance with all applicable municipal and county regulations.
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Sec. 508.158. ALTERNATIVE HOUSING PROGRAM. The department shall require that an applicant to participate as a provider in a program designed to provide alternative housing for two or more unrelated releasees submit with the application, in the manner specified by the department, a permit or other documentation showing that the proposed alternative housing facility is in compliance with all applicable municipal and county regulations. Sec. 508.159. INFORMATION REGARDING ALTERNATIVE HOUSING; NOTICE TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a) The department shall maintain the following information regarding releasees: (1) a list of facilities providing alternative housing to two or more unrelated releasees, including: (A) the name, address, and telephone number of the facility; (B) the county in which the facility is located; (C) information regarding whether the facility is in compliance with all applicable municipal and county regulations; (D) the number of releasees residing at the facility; and (E) the maximum capacity of the facility; and (2) a list of releasees being housed at a facility described by Subdivision (1), including: (A) the releasee's name; (B) the county in which the releasee is required to reside under Section 508.181; (C) the county in which the releasee committed the offense for which the releasee is on parole or mandatory supervision; (D) the alternative housing facility in which the releasee resides; and (E) the date on which the releasee began residing at the facility. (b) On request of a county or municipality, the department shall provide monthly the information maintained by the department under Subsection (a). A county or municipality shall notify the department if the county or municipality does not want to continue to receive the information. (c) The department shall provide the information to a county or municipality under Subsection (b) by secured electronic mail and in a machine-readable format.
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Not signed on (184)
184 members have not signed on to this bill.
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