81R9422 HLT-D
 
  By: Dutton H.B. No. 3992
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the computation of certain supplemental funding for
  community supervision and corrections departments.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 509, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 509.017 to read as follows:
         Sec. 509.017.  SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR REVOCATION AND
  RECIDIVISM REDUCTION. (a) In this section:
               (1)  "Baseline state fiscal year" means the state
  fiscal year that began two years before the state fiscal year in
  which a supplemental payment is made under this section.
               (2)  "Targeted state fiscal year" means the state
  fiscal year immediately preceding the state fiscal year in which a
  supplemental payment is made under this section.
         (b)  The division shall make payments to a department in the
  manner provided by this section only if the division determines, in
  accordance with procedures adopted by the division under Subsection
  (h), that the statewide percentage of defendants whose community
  supervision is revoked in the target state fiscal year is at least
  three percent lower than the percentage of revocations in the state
  fiscal year ending August 31, 2009.
         (c)  The division may make a supplemental payment under this
  section to a department only if the division determines that, in
  relation to the department:
               (1)  the percentage of defendants supervised by that
  department whose community supervision is revoked has declined in
  the targeted state fiscal year compared to that same percentage in
  the baseline state fiscal year; and
               (2)  the percentage of defendants supervised by that
  department who commit a felony subsequent to successfully
  completing community supervision has declined in the targeted state
  fiscal year compared to that same percentage in the baseline state
  fiscal year.
         (d)  Not later than September 15 of each state fiscal year,
  the division shall make a payment to a department described by
  Subsection (c) in an amount that is equal to 40 percent of the cost
  savings to the state during the targeted state fiscal year
  resulting from the lower rates of revocations of community
  supervision of, and subsequent felony offenses committed by,
  defendants supervised by that department. In calculating payments
  under this subsection, the division shall:
               (1)  consider the incarceration costs that would have
  been incurred by the state if the percentage of revocations of
  community supervision of, and subsequent felony offenses committed
  by, defendants supervised by that department had remained at the
  same level as the baseline state fiscal year; and
               (2)  use the average cost paid by the Texas Department
  of Criminal Justice under contract with a county or a private vendor
  for the incarceration of an inmate as the cost of incarcerating a
  defendant whose supervision is revoked or who commits a felony
  subsequent to successfully completing community supervision.
         (e)  Money received by a department under this section may be
  used only to:
               (1)  reduce caseloads for supervision officers;
               (2)  provide services to victims of crime; and
               (3)  develop strategies to reduce recidivism,
  including providing substance abuse treatment to defendants placed
  on community supervision.
         (f)  The division may not reduce or offset payments made to a
  department under Section 509.011 because the department receives
  supplemental funding under this section.
         (g)  Not later than October 1 of each year, the division
  shall submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
  speaker of the house of representatives, and the standing
  committees of the senate and the house of representatives with
  primary jurisdiction over corrections issues. The report must
  include for the state fiscal year that ended on August 31 of the
  year in which the report is submitted:
               (1)  the average number of defendants on community
  supervision in each county;
               (2)  the number of defendants on community supervision
  in each county whose community supervision is revoked;
               (3)  the number of defendants on community supervision
  who are convicted of a felony subsequent to successfully completing
  community supervision; and
               (4)  the average cost paid by the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice under contract with a county or a private vendor
  for the incarceration of an inmate.
         (h)  The division shall adopt procedures to implement this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.