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HB 73, 72nd 1st C.S.

Relating to reducing overcrowding in jails and promoting a more effective state criminal justice system, including provisions relating to maintenance and operation tax rate, the composition of the Criminal Justice Policy Council, the creation of the Texas Sentencing and Corrections Commission, performance rewards payments to certain counties, and conditions of parole; and repealing certain statutes related to criminal offenses.

Last action: Left pending in committee

Author: Mark Stiles
Joint Author: Allen Hightower
Coauthor: Barry Telford | Jerry Johnson | Layton Black

Subjects:
Corrections--Jails & Prisons
Corrections--Parole, Probation & Pardons
CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY COUNCIL
GOOD CONDUCT TIME CREDIT
SENTENCING & CORRECTIONS COMMISSION, TEXAS
State Agencies, Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed

House Committee: Criminal Jurisprudence (Parker McCollough, John Cook, Eddie De La Garza, Kenneth Fleuriet, Pete Gallego, Steve Ogden, A.R. Ovard, Allen Place, Jim Tallas) Minutes: July 24 1991

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