TX Loc Govt Code § 363.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 363 - Crime Control and Prevention Districts|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 363.151. District Responsibilities; Limitations on Expenditures

Sec. 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.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.03(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|