tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8761800128986526015..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Are there "strings" attached to new prisons or not?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74171003292208718472007-05-26T10:59:00.000-05:002007-05-26T10:59:00.000-05:00I see the reports you're talking about, but no "tr...I see the reports you're talking about, but no "trigger" language in Article IX, just an authorization that's only trigger is if voters approve the bonds, which naturally are lumped in with a bunch of other pork. Am I missing something?Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91425767942733263732007-05-26T10:19:00.000-05:002007-05-26T10:19:00.000-05:00Go to: http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Bill_80/7_Confer...Go to: http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Bill_80/7_Conference/80-7_Conference_0507.pdf Section 19.71, Page IX-92 and you will find the funding to build 3 Hobby-like Units. The triggers are when the LBB reports to the legislature on January 1, 2008, July 1, 2008, and January 1, 2009 as to whether their alternatives to provide bed capacity are working (page X-3).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com