88R3484 AMF-F     By: Smith H.B. No. 2741       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the duties and composition of the Specialty Courts   Advisory Council.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 772.0061(a)(2), Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:                (2)  "Specialty court" means:                      (A)  a commercially sexually exploited persons   court program established under Chapter 126 or former law;                      (B)  a family drug court program established under   Chapter 122 or former law;                      (C)  a drug court program established under   Chapter 123 or former law;                      (D)  a veterans treatment court program   established under Chapter 124 or former law;                      (E)  a mental health court program established   under Chapter 125 or former law; [and]                      (F)  a public safety employees treatment court   program established under Chapter 129; and                      (G)  a juvenile family drug court program   established under Chapter 130.          SECTION 2.  Sections 772.0061(b) and (c), Government Code,   are amended to read as follows:          (b)  The governor shall establish the Specialty Courts   Advisory Council within the criminal justice division established   under Section 772.006 to:                (1)  evaluate applications for grant funding for   specialty courts in this state and to make funding recommendations   to the criminal justice division; and                (2)  make recommendations to the Texas Judicial   Council, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial   System, and the criminal justice division regarding best practices   for specialty courts established under Chapter 122, 123, 124, 125,   [or] 129, or 130, or former law.          (c)  The council is composed of nine members appointed by the   governor as follows:                (1)  four members, each of whom has [one member with]   experience as the judge of at least one [a] specialty court   described by Subsection (a)(2) [(a)(2)(A)]; and                (2)  [one member with experience as the judge of a   specialty court described by Subsection (a)(2)(B);                [(3)  one member with experience as the judge of a   specialty court described by Subsection (a)(2)(C);                [(4)  one member with experience as the judge of a   specialty court described by Subsection (a)(2)(D); and                [(5)]  five members who represent the public.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.