HBA-TBM H.B. 1260 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1260
By: Hardcastle
County Affairs
3/5/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Code of Criminal Procedure allows county inmate labor, but
limits participation to public works and maintenance projects.  House Bill
1260 provides that inmates shall also be put to labor on works and
maintenance projects for nonprofit public service 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. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1260 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to provide that
inmates of a county jail required to perform manual labor shall be put to
labor upon works and maintenance projects for nonprofit public service
organizations certified as eligible organizations by the commissioners
court of the county.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.