§ 501.091 Definitions
§ 501.092 Comprehensive Reentry and Reintegration Plan for Offenders
§ 501.0921 Risk and Needs Assessment Instrument
§ 501.093 Inmates Suffering From Drug or Alcohol Abuse
§ 501.0931 In-Prison Therapeutic Communities
§ 501.095 Inmates With History of Chronic Unemployment
§ 501.096 Reentry Program for Long-Term Inmates
§ 501.097 Reintegration Services
§ 501.0971 Provision of Reentry and Reintegration Information to Inmates
§ 501.098 Reentry Task Force
§ 501.099 Family Unity and Participation
§ 501.101 Programs and Services for Wrongfully Imprisoned Persons Who Are Discharged
§ 501.102 Reentry and Reintegration Services for Wrongfully Imprisoned Persons
§ 501.103 Annual Report
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Terms Used In Texas Government Code Chapter 501 > Subchapter C - Continuity of Care Programs; Reentry Program

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Final canvass: means the canvass from which the official result of an election is determined. See Texas Election Code 1.005
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Law: means a constitution, statute, city charter, or city ordinance. See Texas Election Code 1.005
  • Measure: means a question or proposal submitted in an election for an expression of the voters' will. See Texas Election Code 1.005
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005