82R5034 MAW-D
By: Otto H.B. No. 3664
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the calculation of the amount of state aid to be
received by community supervision and corrections departments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 509.011(a) and (e), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) If the division determines that a department complies
with division standards and if the community justice council has
submitted a community justice plan under Section 76.003 and the
supporting information required by the division and the division
determines the plan and supporting information are acceptable, the
division shall prepare and submit to the comptroller vouchers for
payment to the department as follows:
(1) for per capita funding, a per diem amount for each
felony defendant directly supervised by the department pursuant to
lawful authority; and
(2) [for per capita funding, a per diem amount for a
period not to exceed 182 days for each defendant supervised by the
department pursuant to lawful authority, other than a felony
defendant; and
[(3)] for formula funding, an annual amount as
computed by multiplying a percentage determined by the allocation
formula established under Subsection (f) times the total amount
provided in the General Appropriations Act for payments under this
subdivision.
(e) In establishing per diem payments authorized by
Subsection [Subsections] (a)(1) [and (a)(2)], the division shall
consider the amounts appropriated in the General Appropriations Act
for basic supervision as sufficient to provide basic supervision in
each year of the fiscal biennium.
SECTION 2. Sections 509.011(a) and (e), Government Code, as
amended by this Act, apply to appropriations made for any state
fiscal year beginning on or after September 1, 2011.
SECTION 3. 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, 2011.