By: Creighton S.B. No. 1093
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the administration of a veterans treatment court
  program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 124.003(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A veterans treatment court program established under
  this chapter shall make, establish, and publish local procedures to
  ensure maximum participation of eligible defendants in the program
  [county or counties in which those defendants reside].
         SECTION 2.  Sections 124.006(a) and (d), Government Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A veterans treatment court program that accepts
  placement of a defendant may transfer responsibility for
  supervising the defendant's participation in the program to another
  veterans treatment court program that is located in the county
  where the defendant works or resides or in a county adjacent to the
  county where the defendant works or resides. The defendant's
  supervision may be transferred under this section only with the
  consent of both veterans treatment court programs and the
  defendant.
         (d)  If a defendant is charged with an offense in a county
  that does not operate a veterans treatment court program, the court
  in which the criminal case is pending may place the defendant in a
  veterans treatment court program located in the county where the
  defendant works or resides or in a county adjacent to the county
  where the defendant works or resides, provided that a program is
  operated in that county and the defendant agrees to the placement.
  A defendant placed in a veterans treatment court program in
  accordance with this subsection must agree to abide by all rules,
  requirements, and instructions of the program.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.