87R10655 SCL-D
By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1405
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition of certain police force reductions in
certain populous municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 150, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER D. REDUCTION OF POLICE FORCE IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
Sec. 150.061. CERTAIN POLICE FORCE REDUCTIONS PROHIBITED.
A municipality with a population of 950,000 or more may not reduce
the number of peace officers the municipality's police department
is authorized to employ per 1,000 residents if the reduction rate
exceeds the rate by which the municipality lost population in the
preceding calendar year.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.