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1	1	By: Chisum, Gallego, Merritt, Gonzales, H.B. No. 2507
2	2	Corte, et al.
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the establishment of an interoperable statewide
8	8	emergency radio infrastructure and the establishment of an
9	9	emergency radio infrastructure account.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Chapter 771, Health and Safety Code, is amended
12	12	by adding Subchapter F to read as follows:
13	13	SUBCHAPTER F. INTEROPERABLE STATEWIDE EMERGENCY
14	14	RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE
15	15	Sec. 771.151. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "emergency
16	16	radio infrastructure" means radio frequency hardware, software, or
17	17	auxiliary equipment that:
18	18	(1) provides dispatch communications for this state
19	19	and local governments to public safety agencies; and
20	20	(2) permits interoperable communication between
21	21	different public safety agencies.
22	22	Sec. 771.152. USE OF REVENUE. (a) Fees collected under
23	23	Section 133.102(e)(7), Local Government Code, may only:
24	24	(1) be used for the planning, development, provision,
25	25	enhancement, or ongoing maintenance of an interoperable statewide
26	26	emergency radio infrastructure;
27	27	(2) be used in accordance with the state
28	28	communications interoperability plan;
29	29	(3) be used for the development of a regional or state
30	30	interoperable radio communication system; or
31	31	(4) be distributed as grants by the commission to:
32	32	(A) regional councils of government that have
33	33	entered into interlocal agreements authorized under state law; and
34	34	(B) state agencies requiring emergency radio
35	35	communications infrastructure.
36	36	(b) Fees collected and distributed as provided by this
37	37	subchapter may not be used to purchase or maintain radio subscriber
38	38	equipment.
39	39	Sec. 771.153. EMERGENCY RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOUNT. (a)
40	40	The emergency radio infrastructure account is an account in the
41	41	general revenue fund.
42	42	(b) The account consists of:
43	43	(1) fees deposited in the fund as provided by Section
44	44	133.102(e)(7), Local Government Code; and
45	45	(2) notwithstanding Section 404.071, Government Code,
46	46	all interest attributable to money held in the account.
47	47	(c) Money in the account may be appropriated to:
48	48	(1) the commission for the planning, development,
49	49	provision, enhancement, or ongoing maintenance of an interoperable
50	50	statewide emergency radio infrastructure; and
51	51	(2) the Department of Public Safety for communications
52	52	interoperability and other public safety services.
53	53	(d) Section 403.095, Government Code, does not apply to the
54	54	account.
55	55	SECTION 2. Section 133.102(e), Local Government Code, is
56	56	amended to read as follows:
57	57	(e) The comptroller shall allocate the court costs received
58	58	under this section to the following accounts and funds so that each
59	59	receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as
60	60	applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have
61	61	received if the court costs for the accounts and funds had been
62	62	collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund
63	63	may not receive less than the following percentages:
64	64	(1) abused children's counseling0.0088 percent;
65	65	(2) crime stoppers assistance0.2581 percent;
66	66	(3) breath alcohol testing0.5507 percent;
67	67	(4) Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management
68	68	Institute2.1683 percent;
69	69	(5) law enforcement officers standards and
70	70	education5.0034 percent;
71	71	(6) comprehensive rehabilitation5.3218 percent;
72	72	(7) emergency radio infrastructure account
73	73	[operator's and chauffeur's license]23.2330 [11.1426] percent;
74	74	(8) criminal justice planning12.5537 percent;
75	75	(9) an account in the state treasury to be used only
76	76	for the establishment and operation of the Center for the Study and
77	77	Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency at Prairie View A&M
78	78	University1.2090 percent;
79	79	(10) compensation to victims of crime
80	80	fund37.6338 percent;
81	81	(11) [fugitive apprehension account12.0904 percent;
82	82	[(12)] judicial and court personnel training
83	83	fund4.8362 percent;
84	84	(12) [(13)] an account in the state treasury to be
85	85	used for the establishment and operation of the
86	86	Correctional Management Institute of Texas and Criminal
87	87	Justice Center Account1.2090 percent; and
88	88	(13) [(14)] fair defense account6.0143 percent.
89	89	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.