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Proposed TDC budget aims
or out-of-prison programs
BUY. SELL. TRADE OR WENT THROUGH THE
H United Press International
iUSTIN — A vote is ex
ited this week on proposals to
ect millions of dollars f rom
tlit Texas Department of Cor-
gion's budget toward out-of-
tom programs and to eliinin-
Bte cut-rate housir.g and dis-
foiiit food allowances to 1DC
Itloyees.
rlt’s a pretty dramatic ac-
*(|.” said Sen. Kent Caperton,
t-Bryan. But he felt such action
is justified in crisis times.
The package, sponsored by
Sen. Ray Farabee, D-Wichita
Falls, calls for placing an emph
asis on speeding up the parole
process, creating community re
stitution centers and increasing
funding for intensive probation
and halfway house programs.
Farabee’s proposed budget
reductions could increase the
f unding for those programs.
Under Farabee’s proposals,
I DC’s proposed budget of near
ly $800 million would be re
duced a minimum of nearly $40
million over the coming bien
nium and a maximum of nearly
$ 120 million.
Farabee also has taken aim at
a variety of “perks,” such as cut-
rate housing and food prices,
afforded to approximately
1,000 employees of TDC.
Currently, qualifying TDC
employees are given housing at
prices that range from nothing
to $50 a month for the largest
accommodations. Employees
are not charged for utilities.
Many employees also are
allowed to buy food produced
on the prison’s farms for a total
cost of $142 per family member
a year. Farabee said that amount
should be increased to at least
$285 annually, with the stipula
tion that employees may only re
ceive food that woidd not be
used by inmates.
Farabee said prison em
ployees also should start paying
for other services, such as laun
dry and dry cleaning, which they
now receive free.
“I don’t think it’s too much to
ask,” he said. “I pay for my own
dry cleaning.”
Farabee’s proposals are pend
ing before the Senate Finance
Committee and should be voted
on later in the week.
urges child support payment
United Press International
USTIN — Along with other
fclisebusiness Wednesday, the
iiutlior of a measure to allow
lishment of wages of parents
Fall behind in child support
Mjjments says the bill could save
Has $40 million a year in wel-
payments.
Jnder the proposed consti-
uBmal amendment that won
|tlal House approval Wednes-
Hona 155-7 vote, courts could
liritT employers to withhold
^JjBionsol a worker's pas t heck
—|(he employee missed at least
Barytyit) child support payments.
■What I’m going to ask vou to
■s to come to the aid of our
stival l«|
his
md sell::
Bryan,
children,” said Rep. Rene
Oliveira, D-Brownsville, the
amendment’s sponsor. “The
f ramers of our constitution did
not intend for us to protect those
who ref use to support their chil
dren.”
The proposal, which still
must pass the Senate, would go
before the voters in November
1984.
Texas has had a constitutional
ban on garnishment of wages
f or any purpose since 187b and
is one of only f ive states w ith no
provisions to allow courts to
withhold wages of a parent who
refuses to pay child support.
Oliveira said if the proposal
increased child support pay
ments by only 40 percent across
the state, Texas could save an
estimated $40 million a year in
welfare payments.
The Department of Human
Resources estimates that more
than two-thirds of households
receiving Aid to Families with
Dependent Children require
the welfare payments because
they lack the support of an ab
sent parent.
In other action Wednesday,
the House tentatively approved
a bill that would require trucks
carrying loose materials that
might fly out onto highways to
cover their loads with tar
paulins.
“Anyone who ever had a
windshield cracked, anyone who
was ever sandblown or who saw
litter blown on the highway
from trucks carrying loose mate
rial should be in favor of this
bill,” said author Rep. Ed
Emmett, R-Kingswood.
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AREZ, Mexico — In an
Hit to encourage American
(musts to feel comfortable in
ffexico, tourism students f rom
heUniversity of Juarez have be-
I patrols in bright blue pick-
trucks.
[Francisco Balderas Munoz,
ilsican federal tourism coordi-
iideredfi|l )| ' in Juarez, said the prog-
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police. Balderas has solicited
suggestions from American
tourists for other types of aid
they w'ould like.
“We want American visitors
to feel confident here and to
know there is a special group of
people who are ready to help in
the event of problems,” he said.
“We are aware of all the fears
and insecurities tourists have
when they visit the border. We
want to roll out the red carpet
for our f riends f rom the United
States,” he said.
Participating students are
from the School of Fourism of
the University of Juarez.
Balderas said the tourists f re-
quently complain of police offic
ers who stop American motor
ists and demand a “mordida" or
bite, literally, a bribe.
The student patrol does not
have the authority to question
police actions, Baldera said, but
members have been instructed
to record the off icer’s name and
badge number if he is seeking a
bribe and report the officer to
his superiors.
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