Section 509.017 - Special Allocation for Certain Defendants Placed on State Jail Felony Community Supervision Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall adopt policies and procedures to:
(1) determine the cost savings to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice realized through the release of defendants on community supervision under Article 42A.551(d)(2)(B), Code of Criminal Procedure; and(2) provide 30 percent of that cost savings to the division to be allocated to individual departments and used for the same purpose that state aid is used under Section 509.011.Tex. Gov't. Code § 509.017
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 770,Sec. 2.59, eff. 1/1/2017.Added by Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1195,Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/2013.