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Texas Government Code - Chapter 76 Community Supervision And Corrections DepartmentsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Government Code > Texas Government Code - Chapter 76 Community Supervision And Corrections Departments Sponsored LinksIn this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. (2) "Community supervision" has the meaning assigned by Section 2, Article 42.12, Code ... (a) The district judge or district judges trying criminal cases in each judicial district and the statutory county court judges trying criminal cases in the ... (a) A community justice council must be established by the judges described by Section 76.002 who are served by a department, unless a board or ... (a) The judges described by Section 76.002 shall appoint a department director who must meet, at a minimum, the eligibility requirements for officers established under ... (a) The responsibility of a judge described by Section 76.002 for personnel decisions is limited to the appointment of a department director and a fiscal ... (a) An officer appointed by the department director must comply with a code of ethics developed by the division. (b) To be eligible for appointment ... An officer is authorized to carry a weapon while engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's duties only if: (1) the officer possesses a ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), department employees are not state employees. The department shall contract for all employee benefits with one county served ... A department may accept public funds and grants and gifts from any source for the purpose of financing programs and facilities. A municipality, county, or ... (a) The county or counties served by a department shall provide physical facilities, equipment, and utilities for a department. The division shall monitor the support ... (a) The department may expend district funds in order to provide expanded facilities, equipment, and utilities if: (1) the department needs to increase its personnel ... (a) In this section: (1) "Community corrections facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 509.001. (2) "State jail felony facility" means a facility operated or ... (a) The department may operate programs for the supervision and rehabilitation of persons in pretrial intervention programs. Programs may include testing for controlled substances. A ... A department may enter into a contract with a public or private vendor to provide telephone reporting, automated caseload management, and collection services for fines, ... (a) If a judge requires a defendant to make restitution to a victim of the defendant's offense, and a payment is received by a department ... (a) A department, with the assistance of the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas Workforce Investment Council, local workforce development boards, and other appropriate public and ... (a) A department may collect money from an individual as ordered by a court served by the department regardless of whether the individual is under ... (a) A department, using the name and address provided by the attorney representing the state under Article 56.08(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, shall immediately notify ... (a) A department may establish a treatment alternative to incarceration program in each county served by the department according to standards adopted by the division. ... For purposes of Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, an ordinance, rule, order, decision, or practice that applies to a person in the custody ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |