86R6427 JRR-D
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1374
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to grants for the development and operation of pretrial
intervention programs for defendants who are the primary caretaker
of a child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 509.011, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The division may award grants to a department,
municipality, or county for the development and operation of a
pretrial intervention program for defendants who are the primary
caretaker of a child younger than 18 years of age.
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, 2019.