By: White of Tyler (Senate Sponsor - Burton) H.B. No. 307
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2015;
May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
WhitmireX
HuffmanX
BurtonX
CreightonX
HinojosaX
MenéndezX
PerryX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on the feasibility and potential costs and
benefits of implementing a pay-for-performance contract program
for certain criminal justice programs and services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "department" means the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
(b) The department shall conduct a study to determine the
feasibility and potential costs and benefits to this state of
implementing a pay-for-performance contract program under which
the department would:
(1) contract with an administrator for the operation
of criminal justice programs or the provision of criminal justice
services, the operation or provision of which would be funded using
investor-provided financial capital; and
(2) make contract payments to the administrator using
general obligation bond proceeds or other available money only if
specified performance requirements for and outcomes from the
programs and services are achieved and the return on investment to
this state is positive, thereby rewarding successful results and
shifting the financial risk from this state.
(c) The department may request assistance and information
from the comptroller of public accounts, the Texas Public Finance
Authority, or any other state agency as necessary to conduct the
study required by this section.
(d) Not later than November 1, 2016, the department shall
submit a report on the results of the study to the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the presiding officers of the standing
committees of the senate and house of representatives having
jurisdiction over criminal justice programs and services. The
report must indicate whether and to what degree implementing a
pay-for-performance program described by Subsection (b) of this
section would be cost-effective and feasible, as determined by the
department. If the department determines a pay-for-performance
program would be cost-effective and feasible, the report must:
(1) make recommendations regarding the manner in which
the department could effectively operate the program and the types
of criminal justice programs and services that would be selected
for the program; and
(2) identify any changes in law necessary for
implementation of the program.
(e) This section expires January 1, 2017.
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.
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