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The 2026 handbook of Brazoria County's drug-court program (S.T.E.P.): participation requirements, phase structure (Phase 1 acute stabilization minimum 60 days), drug-testing compliance, and termination consequences. Posted on both the district-courts and county-courts-at-law trees.
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"As a participant in the program, you will be required to be open, honest and truthful. You must follow the instructions given in court by the Judge, follow all of the Terms and Conditions of Community Supervision (Probation), and comply with the treatment plan developed for you." … "Phase 1 begins the day you are accepted and court-ordered into the Drug Court Program, and lasts a minimum of sixty (60) days." During Phase 1 the participant must: "Report to your Supervision Officer once per week or as directed. Appear in Drug Court once per week or as directed. Comply with the random drug testing policy. Participate in recommended alcohol/drug treatment. Complete mental health screening, if recommended and attend recommended follow-up services and/or treatment. Attend peer support meetings and/or other self-help activities a minimum of two (2) times per week. Obtain a verifiable sponsor/mentor within two weeks of admission into Drug Court and provide a sponsor verification form." … "IF YOU ARE NOT HONEST AND TRUTHFUL, IF YOU MISS APPOINTMENTS, IGNORE OTHER REQUIREMENTS, OR FAIL TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE, YOUR TIME IN THE PROGRAM COULD BE LONGER, OR YOU COULD BE TERMINATED FROM DRUG COURT. TERMINATION COULD RESULT IN YOUR COMMUNITY SUPERVISION BEING REVOKED AND THE JUDGE SENTENCING YOU TO THE COUNTY JAIL, STATE JAIL OR PRISON." Prior edition (March 2025) is retained in custody as a superseded record.
Establishes a Traffic Violations Bureau within the Clerk of the County Court under Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.100(a) (Burnstein, C.J., Nov. 1, 1988).
Approves the National Highway Safety Council Defensive Driving course as a school to which traffic courts may require attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
Designates the D.W.I. Counterattack School (Broward County Commission on Alcoholism) as an approved school for court-ordered attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).