TITLE: Relating to training requirements applicable to a jailer at a private correctional facility.

SUMMARY: Relating to training requirements applicable to a jailer at a private correctional facility.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to training requirements applicable to a jailer at a private correctional facility. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 1701.3101 to read as follows: Sec. 1701.3101. JAILER AT PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. (a) This section applies only to a person serving as a jailer in a correctional facility operated by a private vendor. (b) The commission by rule shall require a jailer to whom this section applies to complete the preparatory training program described by Section 1701.310 not later than the 180th day after the date the jailer is hired. A jailer who does not complete the program as required by this subsection shall be removed from the position and may not serve as a jailer in any facility until completing the program. (c) A jailer may not serve in a supervisory position unless the person has satisfactorily completed the preparatory training program. (d) A jailer who has not satisfactorily completed the preparatory training program must be under the direct supervision of a jailer who has satisfactorily completed the preparatory training program. (e) At any time, the number of jailers employed at a facility operated by a private vendor who have not satisfactorily completed the training program may not exceed 10 percent of the total number of jailers employed at that facility. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.