Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB12 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: West, et al. S.B. No. 12
2		-	(King of Parker, Johnson of Dallas, Villalba, Burkett,
3		-	Fallon, et al.)
	1	+	S.B. No. 12
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6		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	4		AN ACT
8	5		relating to the creation of a grant program to assist law
9	6		enforcement agencies with the purchase of bulletproof vests and
10	7		body armor.
11	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	9		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is
13	10		amended by adding Section 772.0073 to read as follows:
14	11		Sec. 772.0073. BULLETPROOF VEST AND BODY ARMOR GRANT
15	12		PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "criminal justice division" means
16	13		the criminal justice division established under Section 772.006.
17	14		(b) The criminal justice division shall establish and
18	15		administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to a law
19	16		enforcement agency in this state that seeks to equip its peace
20	17		officers with bulletproof vests, ballistic plates, and plate
21	18		carriers.
22	19		(c) A vest or plate purchased with a grant received under
23	20		this section must comply with a National Institute of Justice
24	21		standard for rifle protection.
25	22		(d) A law enforcement agency may apply for a grant under
26	23		this section only if the agency first adopts a policy addressing
27	24		the:
28	25		(1) deployment and allocation of vests or plates to
29	26		its officers; and
30	27		(2) usage of vests or plates by its officers.
31	28		(e) A law enforcement agency receiving a grant under this
32	29		section must, as soon as practicable after receiving the grant,
33	30		provide to the criminal justice division proof of purchase of
34	31		bulletproof vests, ballistic plates, and plate carriers, including
35	32		the price of each item and the number of each type of item
36	33		purchased.
37	34		(f) Not later than December 1 of each year, the criminal
38	35		justice division shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board a
39	36		report that provides the following information for the preceding
40	37		state fiscal year:
41	38		(1) the name of each law enforcement agency that
42	39		applied for a grant under this section;
43	40		(2) the amount of money distributed to each law
44	41		enforcement agency that received a grant under this section; and
45	42		(3) as reported under Subsection (e), the number of
46	43		vests, plates, and carriers purchased by each agency described by
47	44		Subdivision (2).
48	45		(g) The criminal justice division may use any revenue
49	46		available for purposes of this section.
50	47		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
51	48		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
52	49		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
53	50		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
54	51		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	52	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	53	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	54	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 12 passed the Senate on
	55	+	March 13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
	56	+	______________________________
	57	+	Secretary of the Senate
	58	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 12 passed the House on
	59	+	May 17, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, two
	60	+	present not voting.
	61	+	______________________________
	62	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	63	+	Approved:
	64	+	______________________________
	65	+	Date
	66	+	______________________________
	67	+	Governor