2023 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.