Tex. Gov't Code § 511.0145 · Chapter 511. COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall adopt rules establishing a system of graduated, escalating enforcement actions the commission is authorized under this chapter to take against jails under the commission's jurisdiction that:
(1) have not made timely progress correcting noncompliance issues; or
(2) have failed multiple inspections within a certain number of years as determined by the commission.
(b) The rules must establish time frames for the commission to take certain graduated, escalating enforcement actions against jails.
(c) The commission shall develop a schedule of actions to guide the enforcement actions the commission may take under rules adopted under Subsection (a). The commission shall make the schedule available on any publicly accessible Internet website maintained by the commission. The schedule must:
(1) recommend the appropriate enforcement action based on the severity of the noncompliance; and
(2) include consideration of any:
(A) aggravating factors, including repeat violations and failing consecutive inspections; and
(B) mitigating factors.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 254 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.511.htm
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