BILL ANALYSIS S.B. 1338 By: Moncrief Criminal Justice 4-20-95 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND The court of criminal appeals is responsible for the oversight of the Judicial and Court Personnel Training Fund. The court disburses funds to entities that provide the training. Although state law requires judges and court personnel to receive training in specific areas, the grantees are not required to provide this legislatively mandated training. The court is responsible for ensuring adequate training is provided and monitoring the performance of the grantees. PURPOSE As proposed, S.B. 1338 authorizes the court of criminal appeals to adopt rules to manage and provide for education and training in the judicial and court personnel training fund. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 56.006, Government Code, as follows: Sec. 56.006. New heading: RULES; OVERSIGHT. (a) Authorizes the court of criminal appeals to adopt rules for programs relating to education and training for attorneys, judges, court personnel, and justices of the peace as provided by Section 56.003 and for the administration of those programs, including rules that require entities receiving a grant of funds to provide legislatively required training and base the awarding of grant funds to an entity on qualitative information about the entity's programs or services and the entity's ability to meet financial performance standards. (b) Requires the court of criminal appeals to monitor both the financial performance and the program performance of entities receiving a grant of fund under this chapter. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1995. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.