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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain discretionary grants made to community |
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supervisions and corrections departments from the community |
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justice assistance division of the Texas Department of Criminal |
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Justice. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 509.011(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The division may use discretionary grant funds to |
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further the purposes of this chapter by contracting for services |
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with state agencies or nonprofit organizations. The division may |
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also make discretionary grants to departments, municipalities, or |
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counties for the following purposes: |
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(1) development and operation of pretrial and |
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presentencing services; |
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(2) electronic monitoring services, surveillance |
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supervision programs, and controlled substances testing services; |
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(3) research projects to evaluate the effectiveness of |
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community corrections programs, if the research is conducted in |
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cooperation with the Criminal Justice Policy Council; |
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(4) contract services for felony defendants; |
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(5) residential services for misdemeanor defendants |
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who exhibit levels of risk or needs indicating a need for |
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confinement and treatment[, as described by Section 509.005(b)]; |
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(6) establishment or operation of county correctional |
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centers under Subchapter H, Chapter 351, Local Government Code, or |
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community corrections facilities for which the division has |
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established standards under Section 509.006; |
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(7) development and operation of treatment |
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alternative to incarceration programs under Section 76.017; [and] |
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(7-a) expansion of an existing program that is |
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operated by a department, not otherwise described by this section, |
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and designed to reduce recidivism among individuals that |
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participate in the program; and |
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(8) other purposes determined appropriate by the |
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division and approved by the board. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |