HBA-DMD, PDH H.B. 1198 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 1198
By: Hardcastle
County Affairs
3/3/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, Article 43.10, Code of Criminal Procedure, allows labor by
county inmates, but limits participation to public works and maintenance
projects for political subdivisions.  Section  351.201 (County Jail
Industries Program), Government Code, authorizes the involvement of county
inmates in certain work programs for the benefit of non-profit
organizations.  C.S.H.B. 1198 reconciles these provisions by allowing
county jail officials to use county inmates for general community
improvement efforts, including projects for nonprofit organizations. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Article 43.10, Code of Criminal Procedure, by adding
works and maintenance projects for nonprofit public service organizations
that are certified as eligible organizations by the commissioners court
among the labors that a person required to work in a county jail industries
program is required to perform.  Creates subsection from existing text.
Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 2.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 1198 differs from the original bill by changing one kind of work
that a person in a county jail industries program may be required to work
on from projects for nonprofit organizations that provide services to the
general public in the county and enhance the social welfare and general
wellbeing of the residents of the county, to projects for nonprofit public
service organizations that are certified as eligible organizations by the
commissioners court.