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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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. |