88R12417 DRS-D
By: Dorazio H.B. No. 4345
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reallocation of funding or resources for certain
county law enforcement agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 120.003, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 120.003. EXEMPTIONS [DISASTER EXCEPTION]. (a)
Section 120.002 does not apply to a county budget adopted for a
fiscal year in which, or the two fiscal years following the fiscal
year in which, a significant budget reduction from the preceding
fiscal year was caused by a disaster, including a tornado,
hurricane, flood, wildfire, or other calamity, but not including a
drought, epidemic, or pandemic, in an area of the county that was
the subject of a disaster declaration by the governor under Chapter
418, Government Code, or by the president of the United States.
(b) Section 120.002 does not apply to a county budget that:
(1) reduces the number of peace officer positions in a
law enforcement agency at the request of the elected officer who is
the head of the law enforcement agency; or
(2) reallocates funding, resources, or peace officer
positions:
(A) within a law enforcement agency the head of
which is an elected officer; or
(B) from one law enforcement agency to another
law enforcement agency, the heads of which are both elected
officers.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.