Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2115 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R8861 MZM-D
2	2	By: Ashby H.B. No. 2115
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the rural sheriff's office, rural constable's office,
10	10	and rural prosecutor's office salary assistance grant programs.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Sections 130.911(e) and (h), Local Government
13	13	Code, are amended to read as follows:
14	14	(e) A county that is awarded a grant shall use or authorize
15	15	the use of the grant money only:
16	16	(1) to provide a minimum annual salary of at least:
17	17	(A) $75,000 for the county sheriff;
18	18	(B) $45,000 for each deputy who makes motor
19	19	vehicle stops in the routine performance of their duties; [and]
20	20	(C) $40,000 for each jailer whose duties include
21	21	the safekeeping of prisoners and the security of a jail operated by
22	22	the county; and
23	23	(D) $40,000 for each telecommunicator, as
24	24	defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code, employed by the
25	25	county sheriff;
26	26	(2) to increase the salary of a person described by
27	27	Subdivision (1);
28	28	(3) to hire additional deputies or staff for the
29	29	sheriff's office; or
30	30	(4) to purchase vehicles, firearms, and safety
31	31	equipment for the sheriff's office.
32	32	(h) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to
33	33	implement this section, including rules that establish:
34	34	(1) a standardized application process, including the
35	35	form to be used to apply for a grant and the manner of submitting the
36	36	form;
37	37	(2) deadlines for:
38	38	(A) applying for the grant;
39	39	(B) disbursement of grant money; and
40	40	(C) spending grant money; and
41	41	(3) procedures for:
42	42	(A) monitoring the disbursement of grant money to
43	43	ensure compliance with this section, including a requirement that
44	44	the county auditor or other appropriate county officer report to
45	45	the comptroller's office on the disbursement and compliance; and
46	46	(B) the return of grant money that was not used by
47	47	a county for a purpose authorized by this section.
48	48	SECTION 2. Sections 130.912(d) and (g), Local Government
49	49	Code, are amended to read as follows:
50	50	(d) The comptroller shall award a grant to a qualified
51	51	county that applies for the grant using money appropriated to the
52	52	comptroller for that purpose. The comptroller may only award a
53	53	grant to a county if the county agrees in writing to contribute at
54	54	least 25 [75] percent of the money required to meet the minimum
55	55	annual salary requirement established under Subsection (e) for each
56	56	qualified constable for which the county will also use grant money
57	57	to provide that salary.
58	58	(g) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to
59	59	implement this section, including rules that establish:
60	60	(1) a standardized application process, including the
61	61	form to be used to apply for a grant and the manner of submitting the
62	62	form;
63	63	(2) deadlines for:
64	64	(A) applying for the grant;
65	65	(B) disbursement of grant money; and
66	66	(C) spending grant money;
67	67	(3) procedures for:
68	68	(A) monitoring the disbursement of grant money to
69	69	ensure compliance with this section, including a requirement that
70	70	the county auditor or other appropriate county officer report to
71	71	the comptroller's office on the disbursement and compliance; and
72	72	(B) the return of grant money that was not used by
73	73	a county for a purpose authorized by this section; and
74	74	(4) standards to determine if a constable is a
75	75	qualified constable.
76	76	SECTION 3. Section 130.913(g), Local Government Code, is
77	77	amended to read as follows:
78	78	(g) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to
79	79	implement this section, including rules that establish:
80	80	(1) a standardized application process, including the
81	81	form to be used to apply for a grant and the manner of submitting the
82	82	form;
83	83	(2) deadlines for:
84	84	(A) applying for the grant;
85	85	(B) disbursement of grant money; and
86	86	(C) spending grant money; and
87	87	(3) procedures for:
88	88	(A) monitoring the disbursement of grant money to
89	89	ensure compliance with this section, including a requirement that
90	90	the county auditor or other appropriate county officer report to
91	91	the comptroller's office on the disbursement and compliance; and
92	92	(B) the return of grant money that was not used by
93	93	a qualified prosecutor's office for a purpose authorized by this
94	94	section.
95	95	SECTION 4. Sections 130.911(e) and 130.912(d), Local
96	96	Government Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to the award of
97	97	a grant to a county under the rural sheriff's office salary
98	98	assistance grant program or rural constable's office salary
99	99	assistance grant program during a fiscal year of the county that
100	100	begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
101	101	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.