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TAC lists unfunded mandates to counties from proposed House budget

A friend forwarded me a summary from the Texas Association of Counties regarding unfunded mandates from the proposed draft House budget, which I've uploaded to Google Documents. (I've always felt an affinity for TAC, since my grandfather W.D. Henson was one of its founders and their first president.) Though the list focuses on a much broader array of issues, here's a sampling of criminal-justice related topics where TAC says counties would be impacted:Reducing criminal justice grants from the Governor's Office to state and local entities, non-profit organizations, and independent school districts for a variety of criminal justice related projects. 56 percentage reduction from all funds ($319 million to $140 million).Reducing funds by 15 percent for grants to counties for the indigent defense program...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 30, 2011 (boomark / email).