87S30095 MTB-D
By: White H.B. No. 85
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a grant program to provide grants to law enforcement
agencies to equip certain motor vehicles with bullet-resistant
windshields.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 772.0079 to read as follows:
Sec. 772.0079. BULLET-RESISTANT WINDSHIELD GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) In this section, "criminal justice division" means the
criminal justice division established under Section 772.006.
(b) The criminal justice division shall establish and
administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to a law
enforcement agency in this state, other than the Department of
Public Safety, for the purpose of equipping all motor vehicles used
by officers of the agency in discharging the officers' official
duties with bullet-resistant windshields.
(c) The criminal justice division shall establish:
(1) eligibility criteria for grant applicants;
(2) grant application procedures;
(3) guidelines relating to grant amounts;
(4) procedures for evaluating grant applications; and
(5) procedures for monitoring the use of a grant
awarded under the program and ensuring compliance with any
conditions of a grant.
(d) Not later than December 1 of each year, the criminal
justice division shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board a
report that provides the following information for the preceding
state fiscal year:
(1) the name of each law enforcement agency that
applied for a grant under this section; and
(2) the amount of money distributed to each law
enforcement agency that received a grant under this section.
(e) The criminal justice division may use any revenue
available for purposes of this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect February 1, 2022.