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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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Subtitle G. CORRECTIONS |
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Chapter 509. COMMUNITY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE DIVISION |
Sec. 509.007. COMMUNITY JUSTICE PLAN
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(a) The division shall require as a condition to payment of state aid to a department or county under Section 509.011 and eligibility for payment of costs under Section 499.124 that a community justice plan be submitted for the department. The community justice council shall submit the plan required by this subsection. A community justice council may not submit a plan under this section unless the plan is first approved by the judges described by Section 76.002 who established the department served by the council. The council shall submit a revised plan to the division each even-numbered year not later than March 1. A plan may be amended at any time with the approval of the division.
(b) A community justice plan required under this section must include:
(1) a statement of goals and priorities and of commitment by the community justice council, the judges described by Section 76.002 who established the department, and the department director to achieve a targeted level of alternative sanctions;
(2) a description of methods for measuring the success of programs provided by the department or provided by an entity served by the department;
(3) a proposal for the use of state jail felony facilities and, at the discretion of the community justice council, a regional proposal for the construction, operation, maintenance, or management of a state jail felony facility by a county, a community supervision and corrections department, or a private vendor under a contract with a county or a community supervision and corrections department;
(4) a description of the programs and services the department provides or intends to provide, including a separate description of any programs or services the department intends to provide to enhance public safety, reduce recidivism, strengthen the investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses, improve programs and services available to victims of crime, and increase the amount of restitution collected from persons supervised by the department; and
(5) an outline of the department's projected programmatic and budgetary needs, based on the programs and services the department both provides and intends to provide.