Texas § 499.124 EMERGENCY OVERCROWDING RELIEF.

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§ 499.124 — EMERGENCY OVERCROWDING RELIEF.

Texas § 499.124

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 499.124 (2026).

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Sec. 499.124. EMERGENCY OVERCROWDING RELIEF.

(a)From the effective date of this subchapter until August 31, 1993, for each month in which the number of inmates confined in a jail that is the jail for a qualifying county who are awaiting transfer to the institutional division following conviction of a felony or revocation of probation, parole, or release on mandatory supervision and for whom paperwork and processing required under Section 8(a), Article 42.09 , Code of Criminal Procedure, for transfer have been completed, as determined under Section 499.122 , is greater than 50 percent of the number of such inmates confined in the jail on April 1, 1991, as determined under Section 499.123 , the Commission on Jail Standards shall pay to a qualifying county for each inmate in excess of 50 per

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Sec. 499.124. EMERGENCY OVERCROWDING RELIEF. (a) From the effective date of this subchapter until August 31, 1993, for each month in which the number of inmates confined in a jail that is the jail for a qualifying county who are awaiting transfer to the institutional division following conviction of a felony or revocation of probation, parole, or release on mandatory supervision and for whom paperwork and processing required under Section 8(a), Article 42.09 , Code of Criminal Procedure, for transfer have been completed, as determined under Section 499.122 , is greater than 50 percent of the number of such inmates confined in the jail on April 1, 1991, as determined under Section 499.123 , the Commission on Jail Standards shall pay to a qualifying county for each inmate in excess of 50 percent but less than or equal to 210 percent of the April 1, 1991, number for each day of confinement the sum of $20, and for each inmate in excess of 210 percent of the April 1, 1991, number for each day of confinement the sum of $30.
(b) From September 1, 1993, until September 1, 1995, for each month in which the number of inmates confined in a jail that is the jail for a qualifying county who are awaiting transfer to the institutional division following conviction of a felony or revocation of probation, parole, or release on mandatory supervision and for whom paperwork and processing required under Section 8(a), Article 42.09 , Code of Criminal Procedure, for transfer have been completed, as determined under Section 499.122 , is greater than 25 percent of the number of such inmates confined in the jail on April 1, 1991, as determined under Section 499.123 , the Commission on Jail Standards shall pay to a qualifying county for each inmate in excess of 25 percent but less than or equal to 210 percent of the April 1, 1991, number for each day of confinement the sum of $20, and for each inmate in excess of 210 percent of the April 1, 1991, number for each day of confinement the sum of $30.