Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB417 Compare Versions

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1	1	84R4789 KJE-D
2	2	By: West S.B. No. 417
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the eligibility of certain persons to participate in a
8	8	drug court program.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 123.002, Government Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 123.002. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM. The
13	13	commissioners court of a county or governing body of a municipality
14	14	may establish the following types of drug court programs:
15	15	(1) drug courts for persons arrested for, charged
16	16	with, or convicted of:
17	17	(A) an offense in which an element of the offense
18	18	is the use or possession of alcohol or the use, possession, or sale
19	19	of a controlled substance, a controlled substance analogue, or
20	20	marihuana; or
21	21	(B) an offense in which the use of alcohol or a
22	22	controlled substance is suspected to have significantly
23	23	contributed to the commission of the offense [and the offense did
24	24	not involve:
25	25	[(i) carrying, possessing, or using a
26	26	firearm or other dangerous weapon;
27	27	[(ii) the use of force against the person of
28	28	another; or
29	29	[(iii) the death of or serious bodily
30	30	injury to another];
31	31	(2) drug courts for juveniles detained for, taken into
32	32	custody for, or adjudicated as having engaged in:
33	33	(A) delinquent conduct, including habitual
34	34	felony conduct, or conduct indicating a need for supervision in
35	35	which an element of the conduct is the use or possession of alcohol
36	36	or the use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance, a
37	37	controlled substance analogue, or marihuana; or
38	38	(B) delinquent conduct, including habitual
39	39	felony conduct, or conduct indicating a need for supervision in
40	40	which the use of alcohol or a controlled substance is suspected to
41	41	have significantly contributed to the commission of the conduct
42	42	[and the conduct did not involve:
43	43	[(i) carrying, possessing, or using a
44	44	firearm or other dangerous weapon;
45	45	[(ii) the use of force against the person of
46	46	another; or
47	47	[(iii) the death of or serious bodily
48	48	injury to another];
49	49	(3) reentry drug courts for persons with a
50	50	demonstrated history of using alcohol or a controlled substance who
51	51	may benefit from a program designed to facilitate the person's
52	52	transition and reintegration into the community on release from a
53	53	state or local correctional facility;
54	54	(4) family dependency drug treatment courts for family
55	55	members involved in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship
56	56	in which a parent's use of alcohol or a controlled substance is a
57	57	primary consideration in the outcome of the suit; or
58	58	(5) programs for other persons not precisely described
59	59	by Subdivisions (1)-(4) who may benefit from a program that has the
60	60	essential characteristics described by Section 123.001.
61	61	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
62	62	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
63	63	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
64	64	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
65	65	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.