Bill Text: TX SB67 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to air conditioning requirements at facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-11 - Filed [SB67 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB67-Introduced.html
| By: Eckhardt, et al. | S.B. No. 67 | |
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| relating to air conditioning requirements at facilities operated by | ||
| the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 501.028 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.028. AIR CONDITIONING REQUIREMENTS AT DEPARTMENT | ||
| FACILITIES. The department shall ensure that each cellblock, | ||
| dormitory, and common area in a facility operated by the department | ||
| is equipped with an air conditioning unit that is operating to | ||
| maintain the air temperature at not less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit | ||
| or more than 85 degrees Fahrenheit. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is not | ||
| required to comply with the requirements of Section 501.028, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act, unless the legislature | ||
| appropriates money specifically for this purpose during the 89th | ||
| Texas Legislative Session. If the Legislature does appropriate | ||
| money for this purpose during the 89th Texas Legislative Session, | ||
| The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is not required to comply | ||
| with the requirements of Section 501.028, Government Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, until September 1, 2027. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
