Texas Statutes

§ 511.020 — SERIOUS INCIDENTS REPORT.

Texas § 511.020
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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 511.020 (2026).

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Sec. 511.020. SERIOUS INCIDENTS REPORT.

(a)On or before the fifth day of each month, the sheriff of each county shall report to the commission regarding the occurrence during the preceding month of any of the following incidents involving a prisoner in the county jail:
(1)a suicide;
(2)an attempted suicide;
(3)a death;
(4)a serious bodily injury, as that term is defined by Section 1.07 , Penal Code;
(5)an assault;
(6)an escape;
(7)a sexual assault; and
(8)any use of force resulting in bodily injury, as that term is defined by Section 1.07 , Penal Code.
(b)The commission shall prescribe a form for the report required by Subsection (a).
(c)The information required to be reported under Subsection (a)(8) may not include the name or other identifying information of a county jailer or

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Legislative History

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1849 ), Sec. 3.07, eff. September 1, 2017.

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