Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 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 officer. (b) The responsibility of a judge described by Section 76.002 for …

Sec. 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 as an officer who supervises defendants placed on community supervision a person must have acqu…

Sec. 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 certificate of firearms proficiency issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement under S…

Sec. 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 by the department and designated for that purpose by the judges descri…

Sec. 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 other political subdivision may make grants to a department for those purposes.…

Sec. 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 a county provides under this section and determine whether a…

Sec. 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 in order to provide more effective services or to meet workl…

Sec. 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 contracted for by the Texas Department of Crimin…

Sec. 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 bail under: (A) Chapter 11, Code of Criminal Proce…

Sec. 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, fees, restitution, and other costs ordered to be paid by a cour…

Sec. 76.013. RESTITUTION. (a) If a judge requires a defendant to make restitution to a victim of the defendant's offense, and a restitution payment is received by a department from the defendant for transmittal to a victim of the offense, the department shall immediately deposit …

Sec. 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 private entities, may e…

Sec. 76.015. REIMBURSEMENT 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 the department's supervision. (a-1) This section does not apply to an individual ordered to pay an ad…

Sec. 76.016. VICTIM NOTIFICATION. (a) A department, using the name and address provided by the attorney representing the state under Article 56A.454(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, shall immediately notify a victim of the defendant's crime or, if the victim has a guardian or is d…

Sec. 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. A department may enter into an interlocal cooperati…

Sec. 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 of a correctional facility operated by or under a contrac…

Sec. 76.019. SUPERVISION OFFICER MEETINGS AND VISITS. (a) A department shall adopt a policy regarding the scheduling of meetings or visits with a defendant placed on community supervision and supervised by the department. The policy must require the officer supervising the defend…