S.B. No. 1374
AN ACT
relating to annual reports by the Texas Juvenile Probation
Commission on the operations and conditions of probation services
in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 141.024, Human Resources
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission shall report annually to the governor and
the legislature on the commission's operations and the condition of
probation services in the state during the previous year. The
report:
(1) may include recommendations; and
(2) must include:
(A) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
community-based programs operated under Section 54.0401, Family
Code; and
(B) information comparing the cost of a child
participating in a program described by Paragraph (A) with the cost
of committing the child to the Texas Youth Commission.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1374 passed the Senate on
May 1, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1374 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor