The board that oversees Texas’s program for civilly committed sex offenders meets Oct. 30, about a month before state reviewers take public testimony on whether the agency should go on existing. No staff report appears on the reviewers’ own page for the agency.
The Sunset Advisory Commission has the agency down for testimony Dec. 2 and 3 and for decisions Dec. 15 and 16, both marked tentative, after the hearing was moved from Nov. 18 and 19. Its page for the agency lists one document — the self-evaluation the agency filed in September 2025 — and nothing else as of Oct. 21. The posted agenda does not mention Sunset, and whatever the commission recommends goes to the Legislature that convenes in January.
Civil commitment is not prison. A judge or jury must find beyond a reasonable doubt that a repeat sexually violent offender has a behavioral abnormality making another such offense likely. The order takes effect at once, but treatment and supervision start only when the person leaves prison, and they last until a court finds the abnormality has changed. The program’s main facility is a secure center in Littlefield, northwest of Lubbock, run under contract by Management & Training Corp. The agency counted 656 people in the program as of Aug. 18, 2025, all but one of them men.
The agenda is almost all reports: program operations from executive director Marsha McLane, the 2026-27 budget, research and data projects, the family liaison program, sex offender treatment at the center, facility operations and staffing, and an update from MTC Medical on medical care and medication compliance. Board members questioned the company’s staff about offsite medical costs at their August 2025 meeting, according to the agency’s own adopted minutes. The agenda also carries a closed session on personnel matters involving the executive director, a routine posting under the Open Meetings Act.
Members vote on the minutes of their Aug. 14 meeting, on excused absences and on future meeting dates. Public comment at the board meeting is a standing item, and the notice publishes no sign-up procedure. Anyone wanting to reach the Sunset review instead can file written comment through the reviewers’ own form ahead of the December hearing.
Meeting at a glance
- When
- 9:00 AM, Friday, October 30, 2026. TRD 2026006228 was filed October 21 at 7:13 a.m.
- Where
- 4616 W. Howard Lane, Building 2, Suite 200, Austin. The agency’s own offices are in Suite 350 of the same building.
- Governing body & chair
- Texas Civil Commitment Office board — five governor-appointed members on staggered six-year terms. Christy Jack of Fort Worth chairs. Marsha McLane is executive director.
- Format
- Sixteen numbered items, nearly all staff reports. One executive session on personnel matters. The chair may take items in any order. The notice publishes no sign-up procedure for public comment.
- Live video
- None found. The board’s online record is agendas and minutes; nothing found indicates it streams or archives video.
- Full agenda
- Secretary of State Open Meeting Viewer · TCCO board page
Board members
- Christy Jack — chair; Fort Worth; former Tarrant County prosecutor.
- Kathryn “Katie” McClure — Kingwood; former felony prosecutor.
- Roberto Dominguez — Mission; former Mission police chief.
- Rona Stratton Gouyton — Fort Worth; victims’ advocate.
- Bruce Toney — Sagerton; investigator, 39th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
The agency’s board page, re-read October 21, gives names and the chair designation only — no cities, no vice chair and no individual term dates. Cities and backgrounds come from the governor’s appointment releases and the agency’s Sunset filing. Government Code §420A.002 sets five seats and requires that one member have experience managing sex offenders, one in investigating or prosecuting sex offenses, and one in counseling or advocating for victims of sexual assault. Marsha McLane is named executive director on the posted notice. Meeting contact: (512) 341-4421.