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| 6 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 9 | | relating to the eligibility of certain counties to participate in |
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| 9 | 10 | | the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant program and the |
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| 10 | 11 | | rural prosecutor's office salary assistance grant program. |
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| 11 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 130.911(a)(2), Local Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 15 | | (2) "Qualified county" means a county with a |
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| 15 | 16 | | population of 400,000 [300,000] or less. |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 130.911(d), Local Government Code, is |
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| 17 | 18 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 19 | | (d) The comptroller shall award a grant to a qualified |
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| 19 | 20 | | county that applies for the grant using money appropriated to the |
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| 20 | 21 | | comptroller for that purpose. The grant must be in the following |
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| 21 | 22 | | applicable amount: |
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| 22 | 23 | | (1) $250,000 if the county has a population of less |
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| 23 | 24 | | than 10,000; |
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| 24 | 25 | | (2) $350,000 if the county has a population of 10,000 |
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| 25 | 26 | | or more and less than 50,000; [or] |
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| 26 | 27 | | (3) $500,000 if the county has a population of 50,000 |
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| 27 | 28 | | or more and less than 300,000; or |
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| 28 | 29 | | (4) $650,000 if the county has a population of 300,000 |
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| 29 | 30 | | or more and 400,000 or less. |
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| 30 | 31 | | SECTION 3. Section 130.913(a)(2), Local Government Code, is |
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| 31 | 32 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 33 | | (2) "Qualified prosecutor's office" means, in a |
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| 33 | 34 | | jurisdiction with a population of 400,000 [300,000] or less, the |
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| 34 | 35 | | office of a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or |
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| 35 | 36 | | county attorney with criminal prosecution duties. |
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| 36 | 37 | | SECTION 4. Section 130.913(d), Local Government Code, is |
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| 37 | 38 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 38 | 39 | | (d) The comptroller shall award a grant to a qualified |
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| 39 | 40 | | prosecutor's office that applies for the grant using money |
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| 40 | 41 | | appropriated to the comptroller for that purpose. The grant must be |
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| 41 | 42 | | in the following applicable amount: |
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| 42 | 43 | | (1) $100,000 if the prosecutor's office's jurisdiction |
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| 43 | 44 | | has a population of less than 10,000; |
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| 44 | 45 | | (2) $175,000 if the prosecutor's office's jurisdiction |
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| 45 | 46 | | has a population of 10,000 or more and less than 50,000; [or] |
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| 46 | 47 | | (3) $275,000 if the prosecutor's office's jurisdiction |
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| 47 | 48 | | has a population of 50,000 or more and less than 300,000; or |
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| 48 | 49 | | (4) $375,000 if the prosecutor's office's jurisdiction |
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| 49 | 50 | | has a population of 300,000 or more and 400,000 or less. |
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| 50 | 51 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 51 | 52 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 52 | 53 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 53 | 54 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 54 | 55 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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