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AN ACT
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relating to annual reports by the Texas Juvenile Probation |
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Commission on the operations and conditions of probation services |
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in this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 141.024, Human Resources |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission shall report annually to the governor and |
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the legislature on the commission's operations and the condition of |
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probation services in the state during the previous year. The |
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report: |
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(1) may include recommendations; and |
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(2) must include: |
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(A) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the |
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community-based programs operated under Section 54.0401, Family |
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Code; and |
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(B) information comparing the cost of a child |
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participating in a program described by Paragraph (A) with the cost |
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of committing the child to the Texas Youth Commission. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1374 passed the Senate on |
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May 1, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1374 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |