Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4604 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R14272 JRR-F
2	2	By: White H.B. No. 4604
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to pretrial diversion programs funded by the community
8	8	justice assistance division of the Texas Department of Criminal
9	9	Justice and the provision of training and technical assistance
10	10	provided by the division.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 509.001(1), Government Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	(1) "Community corrections facility" means a physical
15	15	structure, established by the judges described by Section 76.002
16	16	after authorization of the establishment of the structure has been
17	17	included in a department's strategic plan, that is operated by the
18	18	department or operated for the department by an entity under
19	19	contract with the department, for the purpose of treating persons
20	20	who have been placed on community supervision or who are
21	21	participating in a pretrial diversion [intervention] program
22	22	operated under Section 76.011 or a drug court program established
23	23	under Chapter 123 or former law and providing services and programs
24	24	to modify criminal behavior, deter criminal activity, protect the
25	25	public, and restore victims of crime. The term includes:
26	26	(A) a restitution center;
27	27	(B) a court residential treatment facility;
28	28	(C) a substance abuse treatment facility;
29	29	(D) a custody facility or boot camp;
30	30	(E) a facility for an offender with a mental
31	31	impairment, as defined by Section 614.001, Health and Safety Code;
32	32	and
33	33	(F) an intermediate sanction facility.
34	34	SECTION 2. Section 509.003(a), Government Code, is amended
35	35	to read as follows:
36	36	(a) The division shall propose and the board shall adopt
37	37	reasonable rules establishing:
38	38	(1) minimum standards for programs, community
39	39	corrections facilities and other facilities, equipment, and other
40	40	aspects of the operation of departments;
41	41	(2) a list and description of core services that
42	42	should be provided by each department;
43	43	(3) methods for measuring the success of community
44	44	supervision and corrections programs, including methods for
45	45	measuring rates of diversion, program completion, and recidivism;
46	46	(4) a format for strategic plans; [and]
47	47	(5) minimum standards for the operation of substance
48	48	abuse facilities and programs funded through the division; and
49	49	(6) minimum standards for the operation of pretrial
50	50	diversion programs funded through the division.
51	51	SECTION 3. Chapter 509, Government Code, is amended by
52	52	adding Section 509.0045 to read as follows:
53	53	Sec. 509.0045. PRETRIAL DIVERSION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
54	54	SYSTEM; REPORTING OF INFORMATION. (a) The division shall
55	55	establish and operate an information management system to be used
56	56	by departments, municipalities, and counties that receive funds
57	57	under this chapter for pretrial diversion programs.
58	58	(b) The system established under Subsection (a) must assist
59	59	departments, municipalities, and counties in:
60	60	(1) identifying defendants who are eligible for
61	61	pretrial diversion programs;
62	62	(2) collecting and accessing information relating to
63	63	the defendants;
64	64	(3) selecting appropriate release conditions for the
65	65	defendants;
66	66	(4) monitoring the defendants' compliance with release
67	67	conditions; and
68	68	(5) performing other functions related to defendants
69	69	participating in pretrial diversion programs.
70	70	(c) The division shall require each department,
71	71	municipality, and county that receives funds under this chapter for
72	72	a pretrial diversion program to report, in the manner prescribed by
73	73	the division, information requested by the division that relates
74	74	to:
75	75	(1) the development or operation of the pretrial
76	76	diversion program for which the recipient receives funds under this
77	77	chapter; or
78	78	(2) a defendant participating in a pretrial diversion
79	79	program described by Subdivision (1).
80	80	SECTION 4. Section 509.0071(f), Government Code, is amended
81	81	to read as follows:
82	82	(f) A department or regional partnership of departments may
83	83	use funds received under Subsection (e) to provide any program or
84	84	service that a department is authorized to provide under other law,
85	85	including implementing, administering, and supporting
86	86	evidence-based community supervision strategies, electronic
87	87	monitoring, substance abuse and mental health counseling and
88	88	treatment, specialized community supervision caseloads,
89	89	intermediate sanctions, victims' services, restitution collection,
90	90	short-term incarceration in county jails, specialized courts,
91	91	pretrial services, pretrial diversion [and intervention] programs,
92	92	and work release and day reporting centers.
93	93	SECTION 5. Section 509.009, Government Code, is amended to
94	94	read as follows:
95	95	Sec. 509.009. TRAINING. The division shall [may] provide
96	96	pre-service, in-service, and educational training and technical
97	97	assistance to departments to promote compliance with the standards
98	98	under this chapter and to assist departments in improving the
99	99	operation of department services.
100	100	SECTION 6. Sections 509.011(a), (b), (e), and (f),
101	101	Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
102	102	(a) If the division determines that a department complies
103	103	with division standards and if the department has submitted a
104	104	strategic plan under Section 509.007 and the supporting information
105	105	required by the division and the division determines the plan and
106	106	supporting information are acceptable, the division shall prepare
107	107	and submit to the comptroller vouchers for payment to the
108	108	department as follows:
109	109	(1) for per capita funding, a per diem amount for each
110	110	felony defendant on community supervision who is directly
111	111	supervised by the department pursuant to lawful authority;
112	112	(2) for per capita funding, a per diem amount for a
113	113	period not to exceed 182 days for each defendant on community
114	114	supervision who is supervised by the department pursuant to lawful
115	115	authority, other than a [felony] defendant described by Subdivision
116	116	(1); [and]
117	117	(3) for per capita funding, a per diem amount for each
118	118	felony defendant participating in a pretrial diversion program who
119	119	is directly supervised by the department pursuant to lawful
120	120	authority;
121	121	(4) for per capita funding, a per diem amount for a
122	122	period not to exceed 182 days for each defendant participating in a
123	123	pretrial diversion program who is supervised by the department
124	124	pursuant to lawful authority, other than a defendant described by
125	125	Subdivision (3); and
126	126	(5) for formula funding, an annual amount as computed
127	127	by multiplying a percentage determined by the allocation formula
128	128	established under Subsection (f) times the total amount provided in
129	129	the General Appropriations Act for payments under this subdivision.
130	130	(b) The division may use discretionary grant funds to
131	131	further the purposes of this chapter by contracting for services
132	132	with state agencies or nonprofit organizations. The division may
133	133	also make discretionary grants to departments, municipalities, or
134	134	counties for the following purposes:
135	135	(1) development and operation of pretrial and
136	136	presentencing services;
137	137	(2) development and operation of pretrial diversion
138	138	programs that meet the standards adopted under Section
139	139	509.003(a)(6);
140	140	(3) electronic monitoring services, surveillance
141	141	supervision programs, and controlled substances testing services;
142	142	(4) [(3)] research projects to evaluate the
143	143	effectiveness of community corrections programs, if the research is
144	144	conducted in cooperation with the Criminal Justice Policy Council;
145	145	(5) [(4)] contract services for felony defendants;
146	146	(6) [(5)] residential services for misdemeanor
147	147	defendants who exhibit levels of risk or needs indicating a need for
148	148	confinement and treatment, as described by Section 509.005(b);
149	149	(7) [(6)] establishment or operation of county
150	150	correctional centers under Subchapter H, Chapter 351, Local
151	151	Government Code, or community corrections facilities for which the
152	152	division has established standards under Section 509.006;
153	153	(8) [(7)] development and operation of treatment
154	154	alternative to incarceration programs under Section 76.017; and
155	155	(9) [(8)] other purposes determined appropriate by
156	156	the division and approved by the board.
157	157	(e) In establishing per diem payments authorized by
158	158	Subsections (a)(1), [and] (a)(2), (a)(3), and (a)(4), the division
159	159	shall consider the amounts appropriated in the General
160	160	Appropriations Act for basic supervision as sufficient to provide
161	161	basic supervision in each year of the fiscal biennium.
162	162	(f) The division annually shall compute for each department
163	163	for community corrections program formula funding a percentage
164	164	determined by assigning equal weights to the percentage of the
165	165	state's population residing in the counties served by the
166	166	department and the department's percentage of all felony defendants
167	167	in the state under direct community supervision or pretrial
168	168	diversion supervision. The division shall use the most recent
169	169	information available in making computations under this
170	170	subsection. The board by rule may adopt a policy limiting for all
171	171	departments the percentage of benefit or loss that may be realized
172	172	as a result of the operation of the formula.
173	173	SECTION 7. Section 509.013, Government Code, is amended by
174	174	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
175	175	(c) In awarding a grant for the development or operation of
176	176	a pretrial diversion program, the division shall give priority to
177	177	programs that:
178	178	(1) establish pretrial diversion programs for state
179	179	jail felony defendants;
180	180	(2) place eligible defendants into pretrial diversion
181	181	programs as soon as practicable after each defendant's arrest; or
182	182	(3) seek to ensure that defendants successfully
183	183	satisfy the requirements of the program in a timely and efficient
184	184	manner.
185	185	SECTION 8. Article 42A.602(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
186	186	is amended to read as follows:
187	187	(a) If a judge requires as a condition of community
188	188	supervision or participation in a pretrial diversion
189	189	[intervention] program operated under Section 76.011, Government
190	190	Code, or a drug court program established under Chapter 123,
191	191	Government Code, or former law that the defendant serve a term of
192	192	confinement in a community corrections facility, the term may not
193	193	exceed 24 months.
194	194	SECTION 9. Article 42A.604(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
195	195	is amended to read as follows:
196	196	(a) As directed by the judge, the community corrections
197	197	facility director shall file with the community supervision and
198	198	corrections department director or administrator of a drug court
199	199	program, as applicable, a copy of an evaluation made by the facility
200	200	director of the defendant's behavior and attitude at the facility.
201	201	The community supervision and corrections department director or
202	202	program administrator shall examine the evaluation, make written
203	203	comments on the evaluation that the director or administrator
204	204	considers relevant, and file the evaluation and comments with the
205	205	judge who granted community supervision to the defendant or placed
206	206	the defendant in a pretrial diversion [intervention] program or
207	207	drug court program. If the evaluation indicates that the defendant
208	208	has made significant progress toward compliance with court-ordered
209	209	conditions of community supervision or objectives of placement in
210	210	the program, as applicable, the judge may release the defendant
211	211	from the community corrections facility. A defendant who served a
212	212	term in the facility as a condition of community supervision shall
213	213	serve the remainder of the defendant's community supervision under
214	214	any terms and conditions the court imposes under this chapter.
215	215	SECTION 10. Article 55.01(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
216	216	is amended to read as follows:
217	217	(a) A person who has been placed under a custodial or
218	218	noncustodial arrest for commission of either a felony or
219	219	misdemeanor is entitled to have all records and files relating to
220	220	the arrest expunged if:
221	221	(1) the person is tried for the offense for which the
222	222	person was arrested and is:
223	223	(A) acquitted by the trial court, except as
224	224	provided by Subsection (c); or
225	225	(B) convicted and subsequently:
226	226	(i) pardoned for a reason other than that
227	227	described by Subparagraph (ii); or
228	228	(ii) pardoned or otherwise granted relief
229	229	on the basis of actual innocence with respect to that offense, if
230	230	the applicable pardon or court order clearly indicates on its face
231	231	that the pardon or order was granted or rendered on the basis of the
232	232	person's actual innocence; or
233	233	(2) the person has been released and the charge, if
234	234	any, has not resulted in a final conviction and is no longer pending
235	235	and there was no court-ordered community supervision under Chapter
236	236	42A for the offense, unless the offense is a Class C misdemeanor,
237	237	provided that:
238	238	(A) regardless of whether any statute of
239	239	limitations exists for the offense and whether any limitations
240	240	period for the offense has expired, an indictment or information
241	241	charging the person with the commission of a misdemeanor offense
242	242	based on the person's arrest or charging the person with the
243	243	commission of any felony offense arising out of the same
244	244	transaction for which the person was arrested:
245	245	(i) has not been presented against the
246	246	person at any time following the arrest, and:
247	247	(a) at least 180 days have elapsed
248	248	from the date of arrest if the arrest for which the expunction was
249	249	sought was for an offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor and if
250	250	there was no felony charge arising out of the same transaction for
251	251	which the person was arrested;
252	252	(b) at least one year has elapsed from
253	253	the date of arrest if the arrest for which the expunction was sought
254	254	was for an offense punishable as a Class B or A misdemeanor and if
255	255	there was no felony charge arising out of the same transaction for
256	256	which the person was arrested;
257	257	(c) at least three years have elapsed
258	258	from the date of arrest if the arrest for which the expunction was
259	259	sought was for an offense punishable as a felony or if there was a
260	260	felony charge arising out of the same transaction for which the
261	261	person was arrested; or
262	262	(d) the attorney representing the
263	263	state certifies that the applicable arrest records and files are
264	264	not needed for use in any criminal investigation or prosecution,
265	265	including an investigation or prosecution of another person; or
266	266	(ii) if presented at any time following the
267	267	arrest, was dismissed or quashed, and the court finds that the
268	268	indictment or information was dismissed or quashed because:
269	269	(a) the person completed a veterans
270	270	treatment court program created under Chapter 124, Government Code,
271	271	or former law, subject to Subsection (a-3);
272	272	(b) the person completed a pretrial
273	273	diversion [intervention] program authorized under Section 76.011,
274	274	Government Code, other than a veterans treatment court program
275	275	created under Chapter 124, Government Code, or former law;
276	276	(c) the presentment had been made
277	277	because of mistake, false information, or other similar reason
278	278	indicating absence of probable cause at the time of the dismissal to
279	279	believe the person committed the offense; or
280	280	(d) the indictment or information was
281	281	void; or
282	282	(B) prosecution of the person for the offense for
283	283	which the person was arrested is no longer possible because the
284	284	limitations period has expired.
285	285	SECTION 11. Article 102.012, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
286	286	amended to read as follows:
287	287	Art. 102.012. FEES FOR PRETRIAL DIVERSION [INTERVENTION]
288	288	PROGRAMS. (a) A court that authorizes a defendant to participate
289	289	in a pretrial diversion [intervention] program established under
290	290	Section 76.011, Government Code, may order the defendant to pay to
291	291	the court a supervision fee in an amount not more than $60 per month
292	292	as a condition of participating in the program.
293	293	(b) In addition to or in lieu of the supervision fee
294	294	authorized by Subsection (a), the court may order the defendant to
295	295	pay or reimburse a community supervision and corrections department
296	296	for any other expense that is:
297	297	(1) incurred as a result of the defendant's
298	298	participation in the pretrial diversion [intervention] program,
299	299	other than an expense described by Article 102.0121; or
300	300	(2) necessary to the defendant's successful completion
301	301	of the program.
302	302	SECTION 12. Article 102.0121, Code of Criminal Procedure,
303	303	is amended to read as follows:
304	304	Art. 102.0121. FEES FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES RELATED TO
305	305	PRETRIAL DIVERSION [INTERVENTION] PROGRAMS. (a) A district
306	306	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney may
307	307	collect a fee in an amount not to exceed $500 to be used to reimburse
308	308	a county for expenses, including expenses of the district
309	309	attorney's, criminal district attorney's, or county attorney's
310	310	office, related to a defendant's participation in a pretrial
311	311	diversion [intervention] program offered in that county.
312	312	(b) The district attorney, criminal district attorney, or
313	313	county attorney may collect the fee from any defendant who
314	314	participates in a pretrial diversion [intervention] program
315	315	administered in any part by the attorney's office.
316	316	(c) Fees collected under this article shall be deposited in
317	317	the county treasury in a special fund to be used solely to
318	318	administer the pretrial diversion [intervention] program. An
319	319	expenditure from the fund may be made only in accordance with a
320	320	budget approved by the commissioners court.
321	321	SECTION 13. Sections 76.011(a) and (c), Government Code,
322	322	are amended to read as follows:
323	323	(a) The department may operate programs for:
324	324	(1) the supervision and rehabilitation of persons in
325	325	pretrial diversion [intervention] programs;
326	326	(2) the supervision of persons released on bail under:
327	327	(A) Chapter 11, Code of Criminal Procedure;
328	328	(B) Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure;
329	329	(C) Article 44.04, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
330	330	(D) any other law;
331	331	(3) the supervision of a person subject to, or the
332	332	verification of compliance with, a court order issued under:
333	333	(A) Article 17.441, Code of Criminal Procedure,
334	334	requiring a person to install a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism
335	335	on each vehicle owned or operated by the person;
336	336	(B) Chapter 123 of this code or former law,
337	337	issuing an occupational driver's license;
338	338	(C) Section 49.09(h), Penal Code, requiring a
339	339	person to install a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism on each
340	340	vehicle owned or operated by the person; or
341	341	(D) Subchapter L, Chapter 521, Transportation
342	342	Code, granting a person an occupational driver's license; and
343	343	(4) the supervision of a person not otherwise
344	344	described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3), if a court orders the
345	345	person to submit to the supervision of, or to receive services from,
346	346	the department.
347	347	(c) A person in a pretrial diversion [intervention] program
348	348	operated by the department under Subsection (a) may be supervised
349	349	for a period not to exceed two years.
350	350	SECTION 14. Section 103.021, Government Code, is amended to
351	351	read as follows:
352	352	Sec. 103.021. ADDITIONAL FEES AND COSTS IN CRIMINAL OR
353	353	CIVIL CASES: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. An accused or defendant,
354	354	or a party to a civil suit, as applicable, shall pay the following
355	355	fees and costs under the Code of Criminal Procedure if ordered by
356	356	the court or otherwise required:
357	357	(1) a personal bond fee (Art. 17.42, Code of Criminal
358	358	Procedure) . . . the greater of $20 or three percent of the amount
359	359	of the bail fixed for the accused;
360	360	(2) cost of electronic monitoring as a condition of
361	361	release on personal bond (Art. 17.43, Code of Criminal Procedure)
362	362	. . . actual cost;
363	363	(3) a fee for verification of and monitoring of motor
364	364	vehicle ignition interlock (Art. 17.441, Code of Criminal
365	365	Procedure) . . . not to exceed $10;
366	366	(3-a) costs associated with operating a global
367	367	positioning monitoring system as a condition of release on bond
368	368	(Art. 17.49(b)(2), Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual costs,
369	369	subject to a determination of indigency;
370	370	(3-b) costs associated with providing a defendant's
371	371	victim with an electronic receptor device as a condition of the
372	372	defendant's release on bond (Art. 17.49(b)(3), Code of Criminal
373	373	Procedure) . . . actual costs, subject to a determination of
374	374	indigency;
375	375	(4) repayment of reward paid by a crime stoppers
376	376	organization on conviction of a felony (Art. 37.073, Code of
377	377	Criminal Procedure) . . . amount ordered;
378	378	(5) reimbursement to general revenue fund for payments
379	379	made to victim of an offense as condition of community supervision
380	380	(Art. 42A.301(b)(17) [42A.301(17)], Code of Criminal Procedure)
381	381	. . . not to exceed $50 for a misdemeanor offense or $100 for a
382	382	felony offense;
383	383	(6) payment to a crime stoppers organization as
384	384	condition of community supervision (Art. 42A.301(b)(20)
385	385	[42A.301(20)], Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $50;
386	386	(7) children's advocacy center fee (Art. 42A.455, Code
387	387	of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $50;
388	388	(8) family violence center fee (Art. 42A.504(b), Code
389	389	of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100;
390	390	(9) community supervision fee (Art. 42A.652(a), Code
391	391	of Criminal Procedure) . . . not less than $25 or more than $60 per
392	392	month;
393	393	(10) additional community supervision fee for certain
394	394	offenses (Art. 42A.653(a), Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 per
395	395	month;
396	396	(11) for certain financially able sex offenders as a
397	397	condition of community supervision, the costs of treatment,
398	398	specialized supervision, or rehabilitation (Art. 42A.452, Code of
399	399	Criminal Procedure) . . . all or part of the reasonable and
400	400	necessary costs of the treatment, supervision, or rehabilitation as
401	401	determined by the judge;
402	402	(12) fee for failure to appear for trial in a justice
403	403	or municipal court if a jury trial is not waived (Art. 45.026, Code
404	404	of Criminal Procedure) . . . costs incurred for impaneling the
405	405	jury;
406	406	(13) costs of certain testing, assessments, or
407	407	programs during a deferral period (Art. 45.051, Code of Criminal
408	408	Procedure) . . . amount ordered;
409	409	(14) special expense on dismissal of certain
410	410	misdemeanor complaints (Art. 45.051, Code of Criminal Procedure)
411	411	. . . not to exceed amount of fine assessed;
412	412	(15) an additional fee:
413	413	(A) for a copy of the defendant's driving record
414	414	to be requested from the Department of Public Safety by the judge
415	415	(Art. 45.0511(c-1), Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . amount equal
416	416	to the sum of the fee established by Section 521.048,
417	417	Transportation Code, and the state electronic Internet portal fee;
418	418	(B) as an administrative fee for requesting a
419	419	driving safety course or a course under the motorcycle operator
420	420	training and safety program for certain traffic offenses to cover
421	421	the cost of administering the article (Art. 45.0511(f)(1), Code of
422	422	Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $10; or
423	423	(C) for requesting a driving safety course or a
424	424	course under the motorcycle operator training and safety program
425	425	before the final disposition of the case (Art. 45.0511(f)(2), Code
426	426	of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed the maximum amount of the
427	427	fine for the offense committed by the defendant;
428	428	(16) a request fee for teen court program (Art.
429	429	45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $20, if the court
430	430	ordering the fee is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region,
431	431	but otherwise not to exceed $10;
432	432	(17) a fee to cover costs of required duties of teen
433	433	court (Art. 45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $20, if the
434	434	court ordering the fee is located in the Texas-Louisiana border
435	435	region, but otherwise $10;
436	436	(18) a mileage fee for officer performing certain
437	437	services (Art. 102.001, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.15 per
438	438	mile;
439	439	(19) certified mailing of notice of hearing date (Art.
440	440	102.006, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $1, plus postage;
441	441	(20) certified mailing of certified copies of an order
442	442	of expunction (Art. 102.006, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $2,
443	443	plus postage;
444	444	(20-a) a fee to defray the cost of notifying state
445	445	agencies of orders of expungement (Art. 45.0216, Code of Criminal
446	446	Procedure) . . . $30 per application;
447	447	(21) sight orders:
448	448	(A) if the face amount of the check or sight order
449	449	does not exceed $10 (Art. 102.007, Code of Criminal Procedure)
450	450	. . . not to exceed $10;
451	451	(B) if the face amount of the check or sight order
452	452	is greater than $10 but does not exceed $100 (Art. 102.007, Code of
453	453	Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $15;
454	454	(C) if the face amount of the check or sight order
455	455	is greater than $100 but does not exceed $300 (Art. 102.007, Code of
456	456	Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $30;
457	457	(D) if the face amount of the check or sight order
458	458	is greater than $300 but does not exceed $500 (Art. 102.007, Code of
459	459	Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $50; and
460	460	(E) if the face amount of the check or sight order
461	461	is greater than $500 (Art. 102.007, Code of Criminal Procedure)
462	462	. . . not to exceed $75;
463	463	(22) fees for a pretrial diversion [intervention]
464	464	program:
465	465	(A) a supervision fee (Art. 102.012(a), Code of
466	466	Criminal Procedure) . . . $60 a month plus expenses; and
467	467	(B) a district attorney, criminal district
468	468	attorney, or county attorney administrative fee (Art. 102.0121,
469	469	Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $500;
470	470	(23) parking fee violations for child safety fund in
471	471	municipalities with populations:
472	472	(A) greater than 850,000 (Art. 102.014, Code of
473	473	Criminal Procedure) . . . not less than $2 and not to exceed $5; and
474	474	(B) less than 850,000 (Art. 102.014, Code of
475	475	Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5;
476	476	(24) an administrative fee for collection of fines,
477	477	fees, restitution, or other costs (Art. 102.072, Code of Criminal
478	478	Procedure) . . . not to exceed $2 for each transaction;
479	479	(25) a collection fee, if authorized by the
480	480	commissioners court of a county or the governing body of a
481	481	municipality, for certain debts and accounts receivable, including
482	482	unpaid fines, fees, court costs, forfeited bonds, and restitution
483	483	ordered paid (Art. 103.0031, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . 30
484	484	percent of an amount more than 60 days past due; and
485	485	(26) a cost on conviction for the truancy prevention
486	486	and diversion fund (Art. 102.015, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
487	487	$2.
488	488	SECTION 15. Section 351.184(a), Local Government Code, is
489	489	amended to read as follows:
490	490	(a) To certify county correctional centers as eligible for
491	491	state funding under Section 509.011(b)(7) [509.011(b)(6)],
492	492	Government Code, the community justice assistance division of the
493	493	Texas Department of Criminal Justice, with the assistance of the
494	494	Commission on Jail Standards, shall develop standards for the
495	495	physical plant and operations of county correctional centers.
496	496	SECTION 16. As soon as practicable after the effective date
497	497	of this Act, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall adopt rules
498	498	establishing minimum standards for the operation of a pretrial
499	499	diversion program funded by the community justice assistance
500	500	division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, as required
501	501	by Section 509.003(a), Government Code, as amended by this Act.
502	502	SECTION 17. Section 509.011(a), Government Code, as amended
503	503	by this Act, applies only to a payment to a community supervision
504	504	and corrections department based on a voucher submitted to the
505	505	comptroller on or after the effective date of this Act.
506	506	SECTION 18. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.