Sec. 499.071.  SCHEDULED ADMISSIONS POLICY.  The board shall adopt and enforce a scheduled admissions policy that requires the department to:
(1)  review documents received under Section 8(a) or (c), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, and certify the documents or notify the county that the documents require corrective action within the time period required by Section 8(b) of that article; and
(2)  accept persons within the time period required by Section 499.1215(b).
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a).  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 10, Sec. 11.01, eff. Dec. 1, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 4.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.060, eff. June 7, 1995.
Amended by: 
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1122 (H.B. 2620), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2023.