| 1 | 1 | | 87R7313 JTS-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Campos H.B. No. 2394 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a Department of Public Safety program to provide grants |
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| 8 | 8 | | to public improvement districts for services for homeless |
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| 9 | 9 | | individuals. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 411.951 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 411.951. HOMELESS IMPACT GRANT PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC |
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| 14 | 14 | | IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. (a) The department shall establish and |
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| 15 | 15 | | administer a homeless impact grant program to provide grants for |
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| 16 | 16 | | the provision of additional security and sanitation services for |
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| 17 | 17 | | homeless individuals in areas for which a public improvement |
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| 18 | 18 | | district has been created under Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local |
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| 19 | 19 | | Government Code. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) A municipality or county that has created a public |
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| 21 | 21 | | improvement district may apply for and use a grant under the program |
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| 22 | 22 | | if: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) the district is located in a county with an |
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| 24 | 24 | | unsheltered homeless individual count that exceeds 500 according to |
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| 25 | 25 | | the most recent point-in-time homeless census; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) the services for which the grant will be made are |
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| 27 | 27 | | an authorized public improvement project of the district. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. The Public Safety Commission shall adopt rules |
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| 29 | 29 | | necessary to implement the program under Section 411.951, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2022. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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