78R3188 SLO-F

By:  Raymond                                                      H.B. No. 996



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to juvenile facilities and programs.                                 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 141.0432(b), Human Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The commission, local juvenile boards, and local 
juvenile probation departments may work together to develop a 
program of moral, academic, vocational, physical, and correctional 
training and military-style discipline for children placed in youth 
boot camps on probation under Section 54.04(d)(1)(B), Family Code, 
or for violating the conditions of probation as determined under 
Section 54.05(f), Family Code, including programs in which each 
child attending a youth boot camp is assigned a mentor and follow-up 
programs to aid successful community reintegration.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter E, Chapter 141, Human Resources Code, 
is amended by adding Section 141.087 to read as follows:
	Sec. 141.087.  FUNDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL 
JUVENILE FACILITIES.  (a)  The commission may provide state aid to a 
county to acquire, construct, and equip juvenile pre-adjudication 
secure detention facilities, post-adjudication secure correctional 
facilities, or nonsecure day-treatment facilities or centers from 
money appropriated for those purposes.
	(b)  From money appropriated for construction of the 
facilities described by Subsection (a), the commission shall 
contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 
construction management services, including:
		(1)  evaluation of project plans and specifications; 
and             
		(2)  review and comment on the selection of architects 
and engineers, change orders, and sufficiency of project 
inspection.
	(c)  On completion of the review project plans and 
specifications under Subsection (b), the Texas Department of 
Criminal Justice shall issue a comprehensive report that states in 
detail the proposed cost of the project.  The commission shall use 
the report in making a comparative evaluation of proposed projects 
and shall give priority to the projects the commission finds are the 
most effective and economical.
	(d)  The commission may not award money for a capital 
construction project for a facility under this section unless the 
commission receives from the commissioner's court of the county 
intending to use the facility a written commitment that the 
commissioner's court has reviewed and accepted the conditions of 
the award.  If more than one county intends to use the facility, the 
commission must receive from each county a written commitment that 
each county will agree with the other counties to an interlocal 
contract to operate the facility in accordance with the conditions 
of the award.
	(e)  A county receiving state aid under this section shall 
adhere to commission standards for the construction and operation 
of the juvenile facility or program.
	(f)  This section applies only to a facility or center 
constructed under this section.
	SECTION 3.  Not later than December 31, 2003, the Texas 
Juvenile Probation Commission shall establish guidelines for the 
programs described by Section 141.0432(b), Human Resources Code, as 
amended by this Act.  The commission shall make the programs 
available for participation not later than January 1, 2004.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.