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Reliance on fees left drug courts underfunded

According to the Killeen Daily Herald ("Bell County making progress on drug court," May 12), the Lege did not provide enough funding for drug courts mandated by the 80th Texas Legislature in 2007, putting some counties in the position of possibly losing state probation funds:A mandate came out of the last legislative session, requiring counties with a population of more than 200,000 to create a drug court.Bell County received $100,000 for the program, but [County Judge Jon] Burrows said this will not cover all the expenses incurred, for which they originally requested $240,000.The county applied for $261,000 in state grants for the next fiscal year.If the county does not implement a drug court, the state would withdraw funding from adult probation programs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).