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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting regarding veterans treatment court programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 124, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 124.007 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 124.007. REPORT. Not later than December 1 of each |
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year, the Texas Veterans Commission shall report the following |
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information for the preceding state fiscal year to the governor, |
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the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and each member of the legislature: |
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(1) the number of defendants who: |
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(A) participated in each veterans treatment |
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court program; |
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(B) successfully completed each program; and |
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(C) did not successfully complete each program; |
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and |
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(2) the amount of grant funding received by each |
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program. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |