87R10460 SGM-D
By: Moody H.B. No. 2592
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing certain municipalities and counties to
enter into interlocal contracts for the provision of law
enforcement services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 791, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 791.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 791.038. CONTRACTS FOR THE PROVISION OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT SERVICES IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section
applies only to:
(1) a county with a population of 800,000 or more and
located on the international border; and
(2) a municipality located wholly in a county
described by Subdivision (1).
(b) A municipality that enters into an interlocal contract
with a county under this chapter for the county to provide law
enforcement services to the municipality may abolish its municipal
police department.
(c) A county that enters into an interlocal contract with a
municipality under this chapter for the county to provide law
enforcement services to the municipality must assign county law
enforcement officers to discharge official duties in the
municipality.
SECTION 2. Section 791.038, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.