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1		-	By: White of Tyler (Senate Sponsor - Burton) H.B. No. 307
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2015;
3		-	May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
4		-	Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	COMMITTEE VOTE
10		-	YeaNayAbsentPNV
11		-	WhitmireX
12		-	HuffmanX
13		-	BurtonX
14		-	CreightonX
15		-	HinojosaX
16		-	MenéndezX
17		-	PerryX
18		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
19	4		AN ACT
20	5		relating to a study on the feasibility and potential costs and
21	6		benefits of implementing a pay-for-performance contract program
22	7		for certain criminal justice programs and services.
23	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
24	9		SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "department" means the
25	10		Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
26	11		(b) The department shall conduct a study to determine the
27	12		feasibility and potential costs and benefits to this state of
28	13		implementing a pay-for-performance contract program under which
29	14		the department would:
30	15		(1) contract with an administrator for the operation
31	16		of criminal justice programs or the provision of criminal justice
32	17		services, the operation or provision of which would be funded using
33	18		investor-provided financial capital; and
34	19		(2) make contract payments to the administrator using
35	20		general obligation bond proceeds or other available money only if
36	21		specified performance requirements for and outcomes from the
37	22		programs and services are achieved and the return on investment to
38	23		this state is positive, thereby rewarding successful results and
39	24		shifting the financial risk from this state.
40	25		(c) The department may request assistance and information
41	26		from the comptroller of public accounts, the Texas Public Finance
42	27		Authority, or any other state agency as necessary to conduct the
43	28		study required by this section.
44	29		(d) Not later than November 1, 2016, the department shall
45	30		submit a report on the results of the study to the governor, the
46	31		lieutenant governor, and the presiding officers of the standing
47	32		committees of the senate and house of representatives having
48	33		jurisdiction over criminal justice programs and services. The
49	34		report must indicate whether and to what degree implementing a
50	35		pay-for-performance program described by Subsection (b) of this
51	36		section would be cost-effective and feasible, as determined by the
52	37		department. If the department determines a pay-for-performance
53	38		program would be cost-effective and feasible, the report must:
54	39		(1) make recommendations regarding the manner in which
55	40		the department could effectively operate the program and the types
56	41		of criminal justice programs and services that would be selected
57	42		for the program; and
58	43		(2) identify any changes in law necessary for
59	44		implementation of the program.
60	45		(e) This section expires January 1, 2017.
61	46		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
62	47		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
63	48		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
64	49		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
65	50		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	51	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	52	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	53	+	I certify that H.B. No. 307 was passed by the House on May 6,
	54	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 5, 2 present, not
	55	+	voting.
	56	+	______________________________
	57	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	58	+	I certify that H.B. No. 307 was passed by the Senate on May
	59	+	26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	60	+	______________________________
	61	+	Secretary of the Senate
	62	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	63	+	Date
	64	+	_____________________
	65	+	Governor