By Barrientos S.B. No. 898
77R7444 GWK-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the submission of community justice plans.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 509.007, Government Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 509.007. COMMUNITY JUSTICE PLAN. (a) The division
1-7 shall require as a condition to payment of state aid to a
1-8 department or county under Section 509.011 and eligibility for
1-9 payment of costs under Section 499.124 that a community justice
1-10 plan be submitted for the department. The community justice
1-11 council shall submit the plan required by this subsection. A
1-12 community justice council may not submit a plan under this section
1-13 unless the plan is first approved by the district judge or judges
1-14 who manage the department served by the council. The council shall
1-15 submit a revised plan to the division each odd-numbered year by a
1-16 date designated by the division. A plan may be amended at any time
1-17 with the approval of the division, the community justice council,
1-18 and the district judge or judges. The community justice council
1-19 and the judge or judges shall establish a process to submit plans
1-20 as required by this subsection.
1-21 (b) A community justice plan required under this section
1-22 must include:
1-23 (1) a statement of goals and priorities and of
1-24 commitment by the community justice council, the district judges
2-1 who manage the department, and the department to achieve a targeted
2-2 level of alternative sanctions;
2-3 (2) outcome measures and performance targets for each
2-4 program offered by the department to allow the community justice
2-5 council to determine program effectiveness [a description of
2-6 methods for measuring the success of programs provided by the
2-7 department or provided by an entity served by the department];
2-8 [and]
2-9 (3) a proposal for the use of state jail felony
2-10 facilities and, at the discretion of the community justice council,
2-11 a regional proposal for the construction, operation, maintenance,
2-12 or management of a state jail felony facility by a county, a
2-13 [community supervision and corrections] department, or a private
2-14 vendor under a contract with a county or a [community supervision
2-15 and corrections] department;
2-16 (4) an analysis of need for proposed services in the
2-17 jurisdiction served by the department;
2-18 (5) descriptive statistics, as defined by the
2-19 community justice council, on the population supervised by the
2-20 department;
2-21 (6) copies of all forms required by the division for
2-22 each program offered by the department;
2-23 (7) supplemental information on each program provided
2-24 by the department, as requested by the community justice council;
2-25 and
2-26 (8) an executive summary of the plan.
2-27 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.