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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the calculation of the amount of state aid to be |
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received by community supervision and corrections departments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 509.011(a) and (e), Government Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) If the division determines that a department complies |
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with division standards and if the community justice council has |
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submitted a community justice plan under Section 76.003 and the |
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supporting information required by the division and the division |
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determines the plan and supporting information are acceptable, the |
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division shall prepare and submit to the comptroller vouchers for |
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payment to the department as follows: |
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(1) for per capita funding, a per diem amount for each |
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felony defendant directly supervised by the department pursuant to |
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lawful authority; and |
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(2) [for per capita funding, a per diem amount for a
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period not to exceed 182 days for each defendant supervised by the
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department pursuant to lawful authority, other than a felony
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defendant; and
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[(3)] for formula funding, an annual amount as |
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computed by multiplying a percentage determined by the allocation |
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formula established under Subsection (f) times the total amount |
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provided in the General Appropriations Act for payments under this |
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subdivision. |
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(e) In establishing per diem payments authorized by |
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Subsection [Subsections] (a)(1) [and (a)(2)], the division shall |
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consider the amounts appropriated in the General Appropriations Act |
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for basic supervision as sufficient to provide basic supervision in |
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each year of the fiscal biennium. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 509.011(a) and (e), Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, apply to appropriations made for any state |
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fiscal year beginning on or after September 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |