Tex.
Local Gov't Code Section 363.151
District Responsibilities; Limitations on Expenditures
(a)
The district may finance all the costs of a crime control and crime prevention program, including the costs for personnel, administration, expansion, enhancement, and capital expenditures.(b)
The program may include police and law enforcement related programs, including:(1)
a multijurisdiction crime analysis center;(2)
mobilized crime analysis units;(3)
countywide crime stoppers telephone lines;(4)
united property-marking programs;(5)
home security inspection programs;(6)
an automated fingerprint analysis center;(7)
an enhanced radio dispatch center;(8)
a computerized criminal history system;(9)
enhanced information systems programs;(10)
a drug and chemical disposal center;(11)
a county crime lab or medical examiner’s lab; and(12)
a regional law enforcement training center.(c)
The program may include community-related crime prevention strategies, including:(1)
block watch programs;(2)
a community crime resistance program;(3)
school-police programs;(4)
senior citizen community safety programs;(5)
senior citizen anticrime networks;(6)
citizen crime-reporting projects;(7)
home alert programs;(8)
a police-community cooperation program;(9)
a radio alert program; and(10)
ride along programs.(d)
The program may include specific treatment and prevention programs, including:(1)
positive peer group interaction programs;(2)
drug and alcohol awareness programs;(3)
countywide family violence centers;(4)
work incentive programs;(5)
social learning centers;(6)
transitional aid centers and preparole centers;(7)
guided group interaction programs;(8)
social development centers;(9)
street gang intervention centers;(10)
predelinquency intervention centers;(11)
school relations bureaus;(12)
integrated community education systems;(13)
steered straight programs;(14)
probation subsidy programs;(15)
Juvenile Offenders Learn Truth (JOLT) programs;(16)
reformatory visitation programs;(17)
juvenile awareness programs;(18)
shock incarceration;(19)
shock probation;(20)
community restitution programs;(21)
team probation;(22)
electronic monitoring programs;(23)
community improvement programs;(24)
at-home arrest;(25)
victim restitution programs;(26)
additional probation officers; and(27)
additional parole officers.(e)
The program may include court and prosecution services, including:(1)
court watch programs;(2)
community arbitration and mediation centers;(3)
night prosecutors programs;(4)
automated legal research systems;(5)
an automated court management system;(6)
a criminal court administrator;(7)
an automated court reporting system;(8)
additional district courts that are required by law to give preference to criminal cases, judges, and staff; and(9)
additional prosecutors and staff.(f)
The program may include additional jails, jailers, guards, and other necessary staff.
Source:
Section 363.151 — District Responsibilities; Limitations on Expenditures, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.363.htm#363.151 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
