Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1326	House Author:  Hope et al.
Effective:  5-30-05	Senate Sponsor:  Whitmire

            House Bill 1326 amends provisions of the Government Code relating to community supervision and corrections departments in judicial districts and to the immunity of certain judges for administrative acts in connection with those departments.  Previous law required the district judge trying criminal cases in each judicial district to establish a community supervision and corrections department, approve the community justice plan, employ personnel, and perform other management duties of the department.  House Bill 1326 shifts the responsibility for management, operation, and administration of the department to the department director.  The bill also requires statutory county court judges trying criminal cases in the counties served by a judicial district to participate with the district judges in the establishment of the department and approval of the department's budget and community justice plan.