By: Perry S.B. No. 1673
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a grant program to assist certain
counties with employing or contracting for a qualified emergency
management coordinator.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 88, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 88.823 to read as follows:
Sec. 88.823. GRANT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES.
(a) Using available funds or private donations, the extension
service shall establish and administer a grant program to award
grants to counties with a population of less than 10,000 to assist a
county in employing or contracting with a qualified emergency
management coordinator.
(b) The extension service shall adopt rules to implement and
administer the grant program created under this section, including
rules regarding applications by and the eligibility of counties
described by Subsection (a) for grants under the program.
(c) The extension service may accept gifts, grants, and
donations for the grant program created under this section.
SECTION 2. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is
required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
purpose, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service may, but is not
required to, implement a provision of this Act using other
appropriations available for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.