Texas Government Code Title 4, Chapter 511 - Commission On Jail Standards
- Texas Section 511.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Commission on Jail Standards. (2) "Correctional facility" means a facility operated by a county, a municipality, or a...
- Texas Section 511.002 - Commission
The Commission on Jail Standards is an agency of the state. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
- Texas Section 511.003 - Sunset Provision
The Commission on Jail Standards is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission is...
- Texas Section 511.004 - Membership; Terms; Vacancies
(a) The commission consists of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One member must be a sheriff...
- Texas Section 511.0041 - Removal Of Commission Members
(a) It is a ground for removal from the commission if a member: (1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications...
- Texas Section 511.0042 - Conflict Of Interest
(a) A person may not be a member of the commission and may not be a commission employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative,...
- Texas Section 511.005 - Presiding Officer; Assistant Presiding Officer
(a) The governor shall designate one member of the commission as the presiding officer of the commission to serve in that capacity at the pleasure...
- Texas Section 511.006 - Meetings; Rules
(a) The commission shall hold a regular meeting each calendar quarter and may hold special meetings at the call of the presiding officer or on...
- Texas Section 511.0061 - Use Of Technology
The commission shall implement a policy requiring the commission to use appropriate technological solutions to improve the commission's ability to perform its functions. The policy...
- Texas Section 511.007 - Compensation; Reimbursement
A member of the commission is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing official duties....
- Texas Section 511.0071 - Complaints And Access
(a) The commission shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the commission and the commission's procedures by which complaints regarding the commission...
- Texas Section 511.008 - Director; Staff
(a) The commission shall employ an executive director who is the chief executive officer of the commission and who serves at the will of the...
- Texas Section 511.0085 - Risk Factors; Risk Assessment Plan
(a) The commission shall develop a comprehensive set of risk factors to use in assessing the overall risk level of each jail under the commission's...
- Texas Section 511.009 - General Duties
Sec. 511.009. GENERAL DUTIES. (a) The commission shall: (1) adopt reasonable rules and procedures establishing minimum standards for the construction, equipment, maintenance, and operation of...
- Texas Section 511.0091 - Fees; Inspection Account
(a) The commission shall set and collect reasonable fees to cover the cost of performing the following services for municipal jails operated for a municipality...
- Texas Section 511.0092 - Contracts For Out-of-state Inmates
(a) The only entities other than the state that are authorized to operate a correctional facility to house in this state inmates convicted of offenses...
- Texas Section 511.0093 - Rules And Fees Related To Out-of-state Inmates
(a) The commission may impose a fee on a private vendor that operates a correctional facility housing prisoners from jurisdictions other than this state. The...
- Texas Section 511.0094 - Exclusion Of Jails Or Correctional Facilities Housing Only Federal Prisoners
The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a correctional facility contracting to house only federal prisoners and operating pursuant to a contract between...
- Texas Section 511.0095 - Authority To House Out-of-state Inmates
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the state granted under Article 42.19, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other applicable...
- Texas Section 511.0096 - Termination Of Contracts For Out-of-state Inmates
The commission may require the receiving facility to terminate a contract under Section 511.0092(d)(6), if the commission determines that the receiving facility is needed to...
- Texas Section 511.0097 - Fire Sprinkler Head Inspection
(a) On the request of a sheriff, the commission shall inspect a facility to determine whether there are areas in the facility in which fire...
- Texas Section 511.010 - Gathering Of Information
(a) The commission shall be granted access at any reasonable time to a county jail and to books, records, and data relating to a county...
- Texas Section 511.0101 - Jail Population Reports
Sec. 511.0101. JAIL POPULATION REPORTS. (a) Each county shall submit to the commission on or before the fifth day of each month a report containing...
- Texas Section 511.0102 - Information On Licensed Jailer Turnover
On or before the fifth day of each month, each jail under the commission's jurisdiction shall submit to the commission a report containing the number...
- Texas Section 511.0103 - Notification Regarding Policy Change
In the manner prescribed by the commission, a county jail shall notify the commission of any change in the jail's policies and procedures related to:...
- Texas Section 511.011 - Report On Noncompliance
If the commission finds that a county jail does not comply with state law, including Chapter 89, Health and Safety Code, or the rules, standards,...
- Texas Section 511.0115 - Public Information About Compliance Status Of Jails
The commission shall provide information to the public concerning whether jails under the commission's jurisdiction are in compliance with state law and the rules, standards,...
- Texas Section 511.012 - Failure To Comply After Report
(a) The commission shall grant the county or sheriff a reasonable period of not more than one year after the date of the report under...
- Texas Section 511.0121 - Failure To Cooperate In Parole In Absentia Program
The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall notify the commission of the failure of a county to fully cooperate with employees of the institutional division...
- Texas Section 511.013 - Appeal Of Order
(a) A county commissioner or sheriff may seek review of an order issued under Section 511.012(b) by making a written request to the executive director...
- Texas Section 511.014 - Action To Enforce
(a) Instead of closing a county jail, the commission may bring an action in its own name to enforce or enjoin a violation of Subchapter...
- Texas Section 511.015 - Annual Reports
(a) Before February 1 of each year the commission shall submit to the governor and the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a...
- Texas Section 511.016 - Audits
(a) Each county auditor shall provide the commission with a copy of each audit of the county jail's commissary operations the auditor performs under Section...
- Texas Section 511.017 - Duties Related To State Jail Felony Facilities And Institutional Division Transfer Facilities
(a) In this section: (1) "State jail division" means the state jail division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. (2) "State jail felony facility"...
- Texas Section 511.018 - Alternative Dispute Resolution
(a) The commission shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of: (1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008 for the adoption of...
Last modified: September 28, 2016