Bill Text: TX SB417 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to participate in a drug court program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-04 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB417 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB417-Introduced.html
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By: West | S.B. No. 417 |
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relating to the eligibility of certain persons to participate in a | ||
drug court program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 123.002, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 123.002. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM. The | ||
commissioners court of a county or governing body of a municipality | ||
may establish the following types of drug court programs: | ||
(1) drug courts for persons arrested for, charged | ||
with, or convicted of: | ||
(A) an offense in which an element of the offense | ||
is the use or possession of alcohol or the use, possession, or sale | ||
of a controlled substance, a controlled substance analogue, or | ||
marihuana; or | ||
(B) an offense in which the use of alcohol or a | ||
controlled substance is suspected to have significantly | ||
contributed to the commission of the offense [ |
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(2) drug courts for juveniles detained for, taken into | ||
custody for, or adjudicated as having engaged in: | ||
(A) delinquent conduct, including habitual | ||
felony conduct, or conduct indicating a need for supervision in | ||
which an element of the conduct is the use or possession of alcohol | ||
or the use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance, a | ||
controlled substance analogue, or marihuana; or | ||
(B) delinquent conduct, including habitual | ||
felony conduct, or conduct indicating a need for supervision in | ||
which the use of alcohol or a controlled substance is suspected to | ||
have significantly contributed to the commission of the conduct | ||
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(3) reentry drug courts for persons with a | ||
demonstrated history of using alcohol or a controlled substance who | ||
may benefit from a program designed to facilitate the person's | ||
transition and reintegration into the community on release from a | ||
state or local correctional facility; | ||
(4) family dependency drug treatment courts for family | ||
members involved in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship | ||
in which a parent's use of alcohol or a controlled substance is a | ||
primary consideration in the outcome of the suit; or | ||
(5) programs for other persons not precisely described | ||
by Subdivisions (1)-(4) who may benefit from a program that has the | ||
essential characteristics described by Section 123.001. | ||
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 September 1, 2015. |