1. (a) Purpose. In order for a jurisdiction to receive any state aid, a community justice council, task force, and the community justice plan must conform to applicable law and TDCJ-CJAD standards and policy.
2. (b) Council's role. The local community justice council shall provide guidance and direction, in accordance with law, for the development of community justice plans.
3. (c) Plan development. All community justice plans must be approved by the district judge(s) who manage the CSCD. Unless otherwise specified by the district judge(s), the CSCD director or designee shall serve as the primary manager of the planning process, coordinating council activities, data collection, plan composition, and plan drafting. The community justice council, after judicial approval, shall submit the plan to the TDCJ-CJAD director.

4. (d) Community justice plan acceptance and modification.

   1. (1) Final acceptance of a community justice plan, for purposes of state aid eligibility may be conditioned upon review and evaluation by the TDCJ-CJAD staff. Final acceptance of plans, without conditions, must be received for purposes of TDCJ-CJAD grant funding.
   2. (2) A plan may be amended through an amendment process as defined by TDCJ-CJAD.

Source Note:The provisions of this §163.25 adopted to be effective March 1, 1993, 18 TexReg 944; amended to be effective August 16, 1995, 20 TexReg 5799; amended to be effective October 13, 1997, 22 TexReg 9896.