Bill Text: TX HB2955 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to oversight of specialty court programs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2955 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2955-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to oversight of specialty court programs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2955 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2955-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Price, Murr, Moody, Minjarez | H.B. No. 2955 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2955: | |||
By: Neave | C.S.H.B. No. 2955 |
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relating to oversight of specialty court programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 121.002, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsections (f) and (g) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a specialty court | ||
program may not operate until the judge, magistrate, or | ||
coordinator: | ||
(1) provides to the Office of Court Administration of | ||
the Texas Judicial System [ |
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(A) written notice of the program; | ||
(B) any resolution or other official declaration | ||
under which the program was established; and | ||
(C) a copy of the applicable strategic plan that | ||
incorporates duties related to supervision that will be required | ||
under the program; and | ||
(2) receives from the office [ |
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verification of the program's compliance with Subdivision (1). | ||
(d) A specialty court program shall: | ||
(1) comply with all programmatic best practices | ||
recommended by the Specialty Courts Advisory Council under Section | ||
772.0061(b)(2) and approved by the Texas Judicial Council; and | ||
(2) report to the criminal justice division of the | ||
governor's office and the Texas Judicial Council any information | ||
required by the division or council regarding the performance of | ||
the program. | ||
(f) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial | ||
System shall: | ||
(1) on request provide technical assistance to the | ||
specialty court programs; | ||
(2) coordinate with an entity funded by the criminal | ||
justice division of the governor's office that provides services to | ||
specialty court programs; | ||
(3) monitor compliance of the specialty court programs | ||
with the programmatic best practices as required by Subsection | ||
(d)(1); and | ||
(4) notify the criminal justice division about each | ||
specialty court program that is not in compliance with the | ||
programmatic best practices as required by Subsection (d)(1). | ||
(g) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial | ||
System shall coordinate with and provide information to the | ||
criminal justice division of the governor's office on request of | ||
the division. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |