Texas Government Code Title 2, Chapter 76 - Community Supervision And Corrections Departments

• Texas Section 76.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. Text of subdivision effective until January 01, 2017 (2) "Community supervision" has the...
• Texas Section 76.002 - Establishment Of Departments
  (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...
• Texas Section 76.003 - Community Justice Council
  (a) A community justice council may be established by the commissioners court of a county, unless a board or council that was in existence on...
• Texas Section 76.004 - Department Director; Fiscal Officer
  (a) After complying with the requirements of Subsection (h), the judges described by Section 76.002 shall appoint a department director who must meet, at a...
• Texas Section 76.0045 - Judicial Responsibilities; Immunity
  (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...
• Texas Section 76.005 - Standards For Officers
  (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...
• Texas Section 76.0051 - Authorization To Carry Weapon
  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...
• Texas Section 76.006 - Employee Status And Benefits
  (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...
• Texas Section 76.007 - Public Funds, Grants, And Gifts
  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...
• Texas Section 76.008 - Financial Responsibilities Of Counties
  (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...
• Texas Section 76.009 - Financial Responsibilities Of Districts
  (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...
• Texas Section 76.010 - State Funds Or Guarantees For Corrections Facilities
  (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...
• Texas Section 76.011 - Operation Of Certain Services And Programs
  (a) The department may operate programs for: (1) the supervision and rehabilitation of persons in pretrial intervention programs; (2) the supervision of persons released on...
• Texas Section 76.012 - Reporting And Management Services
  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,...
• Texas Section 76.013 - Restitution
  (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...
• Texas Section 76.014 - Assessment And Enhancement Of Defendant's Educational Skills
  (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...
• Texas Section 76.015 - Administrative Fee
  (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...
• Texas Section 76.016 - Victim Notification
  (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...
• Texas Section 76.017 - Treatment Alternative To Incarceration Program
  (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....
• Texas Section 76.018 - Application Of Law Relating To Free Exercise Of Religion
  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: September 28, 2016