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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain correctional facilities that house only federal |
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prisoners. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 511.0094, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 511.0094. EXCLUSION OF JAILS OR CORRECTIONAL |
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FACILITIES HOUSING ONLY FEDERAL PRISONERS. The provisions of this |
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chapter do not apply to a correctional facility, other than a |
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county-owned facility, contracting to house only federal prisoners |
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and operating pursuant to a contract between a unit of the federal |
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government and a county, a municipality, or a private vendor. If a |
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county, municipality, or private vendor contracts to house or |
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begins to house state, county, or municipal prisoners or prisoners |
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of another state of the United States, it shall report to the |
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commission before placing such inmates in a correctional facility |
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housing only federal prisoners. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |