86R24097 LHC-D
By: Metcalf H.B. No. 2481
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2481:
By: White C.S.H.B. No. 2481
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of a veterans treatment court
program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 124.003(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A veterans treatment court program established under
this chapter shall make, establish, and publish local procedures to
ensure maximum participation of eligible defendants in the program
[county or counties in which those defendants reside].
SECTION 2. Sections 124.006(a) and (d), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) A veterans treatment court program that accepts
placement of a defendant may transfer responsibility for
supervising the defendant's participation in the program to another
veterans treatment court program that is located in the county
where the defendant works or resides or in a county adjacent to the
county where the defendant works or resides. The defendant's
supervision may be transferred under this section only with the
consent of both veterans treatment court programs and the
defendant.
(d) If a defendant is charged with an offense in a county
that does not operate a veterans treatment court program, the court
in which the criminal case is pending may place the defendant in a
veterans treatment court program located in the county where the
defendant works or resides or in a county adjacent to the county
where the defendant works or resides, provided that a program is
operated in that county and the defendant agrees to the placement.
A defendant placed in a veterans treatment court program in
accordance with this subsection must agree to abide by all rules,
requirements, and instructions of the program.
SECTION 3. 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.