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Amend CSHB 1 in Article V of the bill following the
appropriations to the Department of Criminal Justice (page V-9) by
adding the following appropriately numbered rider:
____. Lamar County Supervision and Corrections Department
Recidivism Reduction Programs. Out of the funds appropriated above
in Strategy A.1.2., Diversion Programs, in each year of the
biennium the department, through the community justice assistance
division, shall grant to the Lamar County Community Supervision and
Corrections Department $250,000 to be used for the expansion and
study of that department's programs intended to reduce recidivism
among individuals supervised by that department, including that
department's horticultural therapy and butterfly cultivation
programs, cognitive behavior programs, and programs that encourage
inmates supervised by that department to receive postsecondary
education.