SB663 - Relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections department's budget and strategic plan.

      S.B. No. 663         AN ACT   relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections   department's budget and strategic plan.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 76.002(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (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 county or counties served by the   judicial district shall:                (1)  establish a community supervision and corrections   department; and                (2)   review [ approve ] the department's budget and   strategic plan following the division's approval of the budget and   plan .          SECTION 2.  Section 76.0045(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The responsibility of a judge described by Section   76.002 for budgetary decisions is limited to:                (1)  appointment of a fiscal officer; and                (2)   review [ approval ] of the department's budget   following the division's approval of the budget .          SECTION 3.  Section 509.004(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The division shall require each department to:                (1)  keep financial and statistical records determined   necessary by the division;                (2)  submit the department's budget and [ a ] strategic   plan and all supporting information requested by the division;                (3)  present data requested by the division as   necessary to determine the amount of state aid for which the   department is eligible;                (4)  submit periodic financial audits and statistical   reports to the division; and                (5)  submit to the Department of Public Safety the full   name, address, date of birth, social security number, and driver's   license number of each person restricted to the operation of a motor   vehicle equipped with a device that uses a deep-lung breath   analysis mechanism to make impractical the operation of the motor   vehicle if ethyl alcohol is detected in the breath of the restricted   operator.          SECTION 4.  The heading to Section 509.007, Government Code,   is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 509.007.   DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLAN.          SECTION 5.  Section 509.007, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to   read as follows:          (a)  The division shall require as a condition to payment of   state aid to a department or county under Section 509.011 that :                 (1)     the department submit the department's budget for   the state fiscal biennium and a strategic plan to the division; and                 (2)     the department's budget and plan be approved by the   division [ be submitted for the department.   The department shall   submit the plan required by this subsection.   A department may not   submit a plan under this section unless the plan is first approved   by the judges described by Section 76.002 who established the   department ].           (a-1)  A [ The ] department shall submit a revised strategic   plan to the division each even-numbered year not later than March 1.           (a-2)   A department's budget or strategic plan may be amended   at any time with the approval of the division.          SECTION 6.  Section 140.004, Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 140.004.  BUDGETS OF CERTAIN JUVENILE BOARDS [ AND   COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENTS ]. (a) This   section applies only to[ :                [ (1) ]  a juvenile board, juvenile probation office, or   juvenile department established for one or more counties[ ; and                [ (2)     a community supervision and corrections   department established for a judicial district ].          (b)  Before the 45th day before the first day of the fiscal   year of a county, a juvenile board [ and a community supervision and   corrections department ] that has [ each have ] jurisdiction in the   county shall:                (1)  prepare a budget for the board's [ or department's ]   next fiscal year; and                (2)  hold a meeting to finalize the budget.          (c)  Before the 14th day before the juvenile board [ or   community supervision and corrections department ] has a meeting to   finalize its budget, the board [ or department ] shall file with the   commissioners court:                (1)  a copy of the proposed budget; and                (2)  a statement containing the date of the board's [ or   department's ] meeting to finalize its budget.          (d)  Before the later of the 90th day after the last day of   the juvenile board's [ or community supervision and corrections   department's ] fiscal year, or the date the county auditor's annual   report is made to the commissioners court, the board [ or   department ] shall file with the commissioners court a complete   financial statement of the board [ or department ] covering the   board's [ or department's ] preceding fiscal year.          (e)  The financial statement required by Subsection (d) must   contain any information considered appropriate by the juvenile   board [ or community supervision and corrections department ] and any   information required by the commissioners court of each county in   which the board [ or department ] has jurisdiction.          (f)  The budget for a juvenile board [ or community   supervision and corrections department ] may not include an   automobile allowance for a member of the governing body of the board   [ or department ] if the member holds another state, county, or   municipal office. The budget may include reimbursement of actual   travel expenses, including mileage for automobile travel, incurred   while the member is engaged in the official business of the board   [ or department ].          SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 663 passed the Senate on   April 24, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays 6.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 663 passed the House on   May 23, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 106, Nays 32, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor