Bill Text: TX HB1906 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of monitoring defendants and victims in criminal cases involving family violence.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB1906 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1906-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1906 | ||
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| relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of | ||
| monitoring defendants and victims in criminal cases involving | ||
| family violence. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 772.0077 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 772.0077. GRANT PROGRAM FOR MONITORING DEFENDANTS AND | ||
| VICTIMS IN FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Criminal justice division" means the criminal | ||
| justice division established under Section 772.006. | ||
| (2) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 71.004, Family Code. | ||
| (b) The criminal justice division shall establish and | ||
| administer a grant program to reimburse counties for all or part of | ||
| the costs incurred by counties as a result of monitoring in cases | ||
| involving family violence defendants and victims who participate in | ||
| a global positioning monitoring system under Article 17.292 or | ||
| 17.49, Code of Criminal Procedure. A grant recipient may use funds | ||
| from a grant awarded under the program only for monitoring | ||
| conducted for the purpose of restoring a measure of security and | ||
| safety for a victim of family violence. | ||
| (c) The criminal justice division shall establish: | ||
| (1) additional eligibility criteria for grant | ||
| applicants; | ||
| (2) grant application procedures; | ||
| (3) guidelines relating to grant amounts; | ||
| (4) procedures for evaluating grant applications; and | ||
| (5) procedures for monitoring the use of a grant | ||
| awarded under the program and ensuring compliance with any | ||
| conditions of a grant. | ||
| (d) The criminal justice division shall include in the | ||
| biennial report required by Section 772.006(a)(9) a detailed | ||
| reporting of the results and performance of the grant program | ||
| administered under this section. | ||
| (e) The criminal justice division may use any revenue | ||
| available for purposes of this section. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1906 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 30, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1906 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
