86R17949 JRR-D
By: Hernandez, Neave, Guillen H.B. No. 1374
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to grants for the development and operation of pretrial
intervention programs for pregnant defendants and 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 a grant to a department for the
development and operation of a pretrial intervention program for
defendants who are:
(1) pregnant at the time of placement into the
program; or
(2) 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.