Bill Text: TX HB148 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of monitoring defendants and victims in criminal cases involving family violence.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-26 - Left pending in committee [HB148 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB148-Introduced.html
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By: Herrero | H.B. No. 148 |
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relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of | ||
monitoring defendants and victims in criminal cases involving | ||
family violence. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 772.0077 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 772.0077. GRANT PROGRAM FOR MONITORING DEFENDANTS AND | ||
VICTIMS IN FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Criminal justice division" means the criminal | ||
justice division established under Section 772.006. | ||
(2) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 71.004, Family Code. | ||
(b) The criminal justice division shall establish and | ||
administer a grant program to reimburse counties for all or part of | ||
the costs incurred by counties as a result of monitoring in cases | ||
involving family violence defendants and victims who participate in | ||
a global positioning monitoring system under Article 17.292 or | ||
17.49, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
(c) The criminal justice division shall establish: | ||
(1) additional eligibility criteria for grant | ||
applicants; | ||
(2) grant application procedures; | ||
(3) guidelines relating to grant amounts; | ||
(4) procedures for evaluating grant applications; and | ||
(5) procedures for monitoring the use of a grant | ||
awarded under the program and ensuring compliance with any | ||
conditions of a grant. | ||
(d) The criminal justice division shall include in the | ||
biennial report required by Section 772.006(a)(9) a detailed | ||
reporting of the results and performance of the grant program | ||
administered under this section. | ||
(e) The criminal justice division may use any revenue | ||
available for purposes of this section. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |