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Committee: House County Affairs
Title: Interim Report
Subjects: Alternatives to incarceration | Arrest warrants | Border security | County budgets | County employees | County jails | Court costs and fees | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Disease preparedness | Family violence | Fines | Jail population | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Mental health services | Mentally ill inmates | Municipal jails | Municipalities | Operation Lone Star (Border security) | Parole | Prison population | Prisons | Probation | Quarantines |
Library Call Number: L1836.87 C832
Session: 87th R.S. (2021)
Online version: View report [31 pages  File size: 781 kb]
Charges: This report should address the charges below.
1. Review the existing and anticipated populations in state prisons and city and county jails located near the Texas-Mexico border. Make recommendations for alleviating or addressing any increase or over-crowding that may result as well as any other particularized needs or circumstances that have arisen or could arise as a result of an increase in population in correctional facilities, including, but not limited to, intake capacity, adequacy of facilities and other health and safety considerations. Make recommendations to mitigate any associated costs borne by border counties and municipalities. (Joint charge with Committee on Corrections)
2. Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 87th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:
  • HB 1545, 87th R.S., relating to the continuation and functions of the Commission on Jail Standards;
  • HB 1906, 87th R.S., relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of monitoring defendants and victims in cases involving family violence; and
  • HB 2073, 87th R.S., relating to quarantine leave for fire fighters, peace officers, detention officers, and emergency medical technicians employed by, appointed by, or elected for a political subdivision.
3. Study statutorily mandated services provided by sheriffs and constables and determine whether fee schedules are set at sufficient levels to allow for cost recovery without placing undue burdens on recipients of those services.
4. For individuals in county jails and Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities, or on community supervision or parole, examine:
  • The availability of behavioral health services; and
  • The current treatment and recovery options available for those who are experiencing withdrawal from drug or alcohol use.
  • Make recommendations for best practices to address the needs of individuals requiring treatment. (Joint charge with Committee on Corrections)
Committee: House Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
Title: Relative to the Arrests of Members of the House - Majority Report
Library Catalog Title: Relative to arrests of members of the House.
Subjects: Arrest warrants | Legislative staff | Legislators |
Library Call Number: H.J. of Tex., 32nd Leg., 1st C.S., vol. 1, 1911 (569)
Session: 32nd R.S. (1911)
Online version: View report [20 pages  File size: 1,110 kb]
Charge: This report should address the charge below.
1. Investigate the actions of W.J. McDonald, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, in arresting or serving an attachment on a member of the House. *
Committee: House Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
Title: Relative to the Arrests of Members of the House - Minority Report
Library Catalog Title: Relative to arrests of members of the House.
Subjects: Arrest warrants | Legislative staff | Legislators |
Library Call Number: H.J. of Tex., 32nd Leg., 1st C.S., vol. 1, 1911 (582)
Session: 32nd R.S. (1911)
Online version: View report [12 pages  File size: 670 kb]
Charge: This report should address the charge below.
1. Investigate the actions of W.J. McDonald, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, in arresting or serving an attachment on a member of the House. *

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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