Five Counties Secure Discretionary Grant Money The Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense approved more than $2.5 million in new funding to five Texas counties to improve their indigent defense systems. Programs in Dickens and Lubbock counties will provide direct representation to the poor in rural counties, and improvements to indigent defense processes will be … [Read more...] about Task Force Awards $2.5 Million to Improve Indigent Defense
77th Legislative Session
Census 2010: Implications for Texas
The U.S. Census will determine the population of the United States as of April. Every 10 years, the United States counts its population. Figures from the decennial census, an event that has occurred every 10 years since 1790, are used in calculations to determine the number of U.S. House seats apportioned to each state and the boundaries of each state’s … [Read more...] about Census 2010: Implications for Texas
Indigent DefenseTask Force Changes Plan Submission Process
The Task Force on Indigent Defense (Task Force) has developed a new process for submission of indigent defense plans resulting in a single, uniform, accessible indigent defense plan for each court level in each county that may be amended and searched, said Task Force Director Jim Bethke. The changes were initiated based on internal audit recommendations. Plan submission … [Read more...] about Indigent DefenseTask Force Changes Plan Submission Process
Indigent Defense Task Force Sets
Counties seeking their share of some $12 million budgeted by the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense (Task Force) for FY2007 must submit their applications online by Oct. 23. Bell County Judge Jon Burrows, who serves on the Task Force and its Grants and Reporting Committee, said he "is pleased with the new budget for the Task Force" approved at the Task Force's August … [Read more...] about Indigent Defense Task Force Sets
House Interim Study Charges
Speaker Tom Craddick has assigned interim study charges to the committees of the House of Representatives. As these issues are set for public hearing, notice will be posted on the TAC list serves. County-related issues include the following: HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL PRACTICES Review the scope and extent of governmental immunity in contract disputes under the Texas Tort … [Read more...] about House Interim Study Charges