Terms Used In Texas Government Code 509.017

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall adopt policies and procedures to:
(1) determine the cost savings to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice realized through the release of defendants on community supervision under Article 42A.551(d)(2)(B), Code of Criminal Procedure; and
(2) provide 30 percent of that cost savings to the division to be allocated to individual departments and used for the same purpose that state aid is used under § 509.011.