By: Hall, Bettencourt S.B. No. 2094
Perry
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishment of the immigration authority delegation
training grant program for local law enforcement agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Government Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 424 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 424. IMMIGRATION
Sec. 424.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "training
program" means a training program operated by United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement for training local law
enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration law. The term
includes the immigration authority delegation program and the
immigration authority delegation refresher training program
established under Section 287(g) of the federal Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1357(g)).
Sec. 424.002. IMMIGRATION DELEGATION TRAINING GRANT
PROGRAM FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. (a) The office of the governor
shall develop and maintain a grant program that awards grants for
the expenses incurred by a local law enforcement agency related to
the attendance of a law enforcement officer of the agency in a
training program.
(b) A local law enforcement agency may apply to the office
of the governor in the form and manner required by the office of the
governor for a grant under the grant program established by this
section. To qualify for a grant, an applicant must:
(1) apply for preauthorization from the office of the
governor before the law enforcement officer attends the training
program; and
(2) demonstrate that the law enforcement officer who
will attend the training program:
(A) is primarily engaged in making arrests; and
(B) meets all of the United States Immigration
and Customs Enforcement officer selection requirements required to
attend the training program.
Sec. 424.003. GRANT AMOUNT. If the application for a grant
under the grant program established under this section is approved,
the office of the governor shall issue a grant to the applicant in
the amount of:
(1) the salary of the law enforcement officer for:
(A) four weeks, if the officer attends the basic
training course under the training program; or
(B) one week, if the officer attends the
refresher course under the training program;
(2) the costs incurred by the applicant because of the
officer's absence while the officer is attending the training
program, including overtime pay to another officer to fulfill the
duties of the absent officer; and
(3) other expenses the office of the governor
considers necessary for the participation in the training program.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect only if a specific
appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a
general appropriations act of the 85th Legislature.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.