Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune has the story of "big cuts" by the Legislature at the Texas Compensation to Victims of Crime Fund, noting remarkably that in order to plug the budget gap, "the AG’s office is working with law enforcement agencies statewide to conduct warrant roundups to encourage people to pay their fines and penalties to avoid arrest and to increase revenue into the fund for crime victims."
It's not often you see the government so crassly referring to traffic enforcement initiatives as driven by budget concerns, but times are tight.
Notably, court fees and fines going down likely means fewer criminal convictions. That's positive news overall, despite a shortfall in this one fund (which sounds like it resulted from optimistic budgeting, something which I suspect will be a recurring theme). On the upside, fewer fees from convictions likely indicates lessening near-term incarceration pressure.
The Statesman recently reported the statewide "roundup" is scheduled for Feb. 25.
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