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