In this chapter:

1. (1) "Community corrections facility" means a physical structure, established by a judicial district after authorization of the establishment of the structure has been included in the local community justice plan, that is operated by a department or operated for a department by an entity under contract with the department, for the purpose of confining persons placed on community supervision and providing services and programs to modify criminal behavior, deter criminal activity, protect the public, and restore victims of crime. The term includes:

   1. (A) a restitution center;
   2. (B) a court residential treatment facility;
   3. (C) a substance abuse treatment facility;
   4. (D) a custody facility or boot camp;
   5. (E) a facility for an offender with a mental impairment, as defined by Section 614.001, Health and Safety Code; and
   6. (F) an intermediate sanction facility.
2. (2) "Department" means a community supervision and corrections department established under Chapter 76.
3. (3) "Division" means the community justice assistance division.

4. (4) "State aid" means funds appropriated by the legislature to the division to provide financial assistance to:

   1. (A) judicial districts, for:

      1. (i) the administration of departments;
      2. (ii) the development and improvement of community supervision services and community-based correctional programs;
      3. (iii) the establishment and operation of community corrections facilities; and
      4. (iv) assistance in conforming with standards and policies of the division and the board; and
   2. (B) state agencies, counties, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations for the implementation and administration of community-based sanctions and programs.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 7.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.23(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 255 (H.B. 1326), Sec. 9, eff. May 30, 2005.