Texas § 363.151 DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES; LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES.

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§ 363.151 — DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES; LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES.

Texas § 363.151

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Tex. Local Government Code Code Ann. § 363.151 (2026).

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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 medic

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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.