Bill Text: TX SB1093 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of a veterans treatment court program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-28 - Effective immediately [SB1093 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1093-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1093 |
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relating to the administration of a veterans treatment court | ||
program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 124.003(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A veterans treatment court program established under | ||
this chapter shall make, establish, and publish local procedures to | ||
ensure maximum participation of eligible defendants in the program | ||
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SECTION 2. Sections 124.006(a) and (d), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A veterans treatment court program that accepts | ||
placement of a defendant may transfer responsibility for | ||
supervising the defendant's participation in the program to another | ||
veterans treatment court program that is located in the county | ||
where the defendant works or resides or in a county adjacent to the | ||
county where the defendant works or resides. The defendant's | ||
supervision may be transferred under this section only with the | ||
consent of both veterans treatment court programs and the | ||
defendant. | ||
(d) If a defendant is charged with an offense in a county | ||
that does not operate a veterans treatment court program, the court | ||
in which the criminal case is pending may place the defendant in a | ||
veterans treatment court program located in the county where the | ||
defendant works or resides or in a county adjacent to the county | ||
where the defendant works or resides, provided that a program is | ||
operated in that county and the defendant agrees to the placement. | ||
A defendant placed in a veterans treatment court program in | ||
accordance with this subsection must agree to abide by all rules, | ||
requirements, and instructions of the program. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 1093 passed the Senate on | ||
April 9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1093 passed the House on | ||
May 11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two present | ||
not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |