Bill Text: TX HB307 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the feasibility and potential costs and benefits of implementing a pay-for-performance contract program for certain criminal justice programs and services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB307 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB307-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 307 |
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relating to a study on the feasibility and potential costs and | ||
benefits of implementing a pay-for-performance contract program | ||
for certain criminal justice programs and services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "department" means the | ||
Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
(b) The department shall conduct a study to determine the | ||
feasibility and potential costs and benefits to this state of | ||
implementing a pay-for-performance contract program under which | ||
the department would: | ||
(1) contract with an administrator for the operation | ||
of criminal justice programs or the provision of criminal justice | ||
services, the operation or provision of which would be funded using | ||
investor-provided financial capital; and | ||
(2) make contract payments to the administrator using | ||
general obligation bond proceeds or other available money only if | ||
specified performance requirements for and outcomes from the | ||
programs and services are achieved and the return on investment to | ||
this state is positive, thereby rewarding successful results and | ||
shifting the financial risk from this state. | ||
(c) The department may request assistance and information | ||
from the comptroller of public accounts, the Texas Public Finance | ||
Authority, or any other state agency as necessary to conduct the | ||
study required by this section. | ||
(d) Not later than November 1, 2016, the department shall | ||
submit a report on the results of the study to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, and the presiding officers of the standing | ||
committees of the senate and house of representatives having | ||
jurisdiction over criminal justice programs and services. The | ||
report must indicate whether and to what degree implementing a | ||
pay-for-performance program described by Subsection (b) of this | ||
section would be cost-effective and feasible, as determined by the | ||
department. If the department determines a pay-for-performance | ||
program would be cost-effective and feasible, the report must: | ||
(1) make recommendations regarding the manner in which | ||
the department could effectively operate the program and the types | ||
of criminal justice programs and services that would be selected | ||
for the program; and | ||
(2) identify any changes in law necessary for | ||
implementation of the program. | ||
(e) This section expires January 1, 2017. | ||
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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 307 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 5, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 307 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |