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.