Texas § GV.511.020 - SERIOUS INCIDENTS REPORT
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§ GV.511.020. SERIOUS INCIDENTS REPORT
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 jail employee. (d) The information reported under Subsection (a) is public information subject to an open records request under Chapter 552 . Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1849 ), Sec. 3.07, eff. September 1, 2017.
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Section GV.511.020 ("SERIOUS INCIDENTS REPORT") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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