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What was in the final TYC-JPC Sunset bill?

The Texas Legislature didn't accomplish much in 2009, but one of its few tangible achievements was to pass the "sunset" bill for the Texas Youth Commission and the Juvenile Probation Commission. Here's the conference committee report (pdf). Let's run through the highlights real quick to see what was finally done.Instead of a merger, the bill created an 18-member "Juvenile Justice Policy Coordinating Council" over both TYC and TJPC. The council only exists in an advisory capacity and "does not govern," according to the conference committee report, though it produces an annual report that may have some influence.Both agencies must undergo the Sunset process again during the next biennium instead of waiting the usual 12 years. This will hopefully be a more productive exercise than the last go-round, when TYC was in the midst of radical transition while the Sunset review was conducted...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).