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SB 653, 82nd R.S.

Relating to abolishing the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and transferring the powers and duties of those agencies to the newly created Texas Juvenile Justice Department and to the functions of the independent ombudsman that serves the department.

Juvenile justice reform (Tex. S.B. 653, 82nd Leg., R.S., merger of the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission). See: https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/48-JJReformpage.pdf By Texas Appleseed, Texas Public Policy Foundation, and Disability Rights Texas (formerly Advocacy, Inc.) Publication Date: March 7, 2011 Bending the curve. See: http://www.pewstates.org/research/reports/bending-the-curve-juvenile-corrections-reform-in-texas-85899480847 In Internet Resource Publication Date: June 5, 2013 Library Location: Periodicals

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