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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections |
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department's budget and strategic plan. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 76.002(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The district judge or district judges trying criminal |
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cases in each judicial district and the statutory county court |
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judges trying criminal cases in the county or counties served by the |
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judicial district shall: |
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(1) establish a community supervision and corrections |
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department; and |
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(2) review [approve] the department's budget and |
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strategic plan following the division's approval of the budget and |
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plan. |
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SECTION 2. Section 76.0045(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The responsibility of a judge described by Section |
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76.002 for budgetary decisions is limited to: |
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(1) appointment of a fiscal officer; and |
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(2) review [approval] of the department's budget |
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following the division's approval of the budget. |
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SECTION 3. Section 509.004(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The division shall require each department to: |
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(1) keep financial and statistical records determined |
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necessary by the division; |
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(2) submit the department's budget and [a] strategic |
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plan and all supporting information requested by the division; |
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(3) present data requested by the division as |
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necessary to determine the amount of state aid for which the |
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department is eligible; |
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(4) submit periodic financial audits and statistical |
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reports to the division; and |
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(5) submit to the Department of Public Safety the full |
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name, address, date of birth, social security number, and driver's |
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license number of each person restricted to the operation of a motor |
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vehicle equipped with a device that uses a deep-lung breath |
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analysis mechanism to make impractical the operation of the motor |
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vehicle if ethyl alcohol is detected in the breath of the restricted |
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operator. |
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SECTION 4. The heading to Section 509.007, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 509.007. DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLAN. |
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SECTION 5. Section 509.007, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The division shall require as a condition to payment of |
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state aid to a department or county under Section 509.011 that: |
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(1) the department submit the department's budget for |
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the state fiscal biennium and a strategic plan to the division; and |
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(2) the department's budget and plan be approved by the |
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division [be submitted for the department. The department shall |
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submit the plan required by this subsection. A department may not |
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submit a plan under this section unless the plan is first approved |
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by the judges described by Section 76.002 who established the |
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department]. |
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(a-1) A [The] department shall submit the department's |
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budget for the next state fiscal biennium and a revised strategic |
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plan to the division each even-numbered year not later than March 1. |
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The department's budget or strategic [A] plan may be amended at any |
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time with the approval of the division. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |