Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1471 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R9294 MZM-F
2	2	By: Hall S.B. No. 1471
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the rural constable's office salary assistance grant
10	10	program.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 130.912, Local Government Code, is
13	13	amended by amending Subsections (d), (e), and (g) and adding
14	14	Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
15	15	(d) The comptroller shall award a grant to a qualified
16	16	county that applies for the grant using money appropriated to the
17	17	comptroller for that purpose. The grant must be in the following
18	18	applicable amount:
19	19	(1) $75,000 for each constable precinct in the county
20	20	if the county has a population of less than 10,000;
21	21	(2) $100,000 for each constable precinct in the county
22	22	if the county has a population of 10,000 or more and less than
23	23	50,000; and
24	24	(3) $150,000 for each constable precinct in the county
25	25	if the county has a population of 50,000 or more and 300,000 or less
26	26	[The comptroller may only award a grant to a county if the county
27	27	agrees in writing to contribute at least 75 percent of the money
28	28	required to meet the minimum annual salary requirement established
29	29	under Subsection (e) for each qualified constable for which the
30	30	county will also use grant money to provide that salary].
31	31	(e) A [Subject to Subsection (d), a] county that is awarded
32	32	a grant shall use or authorize the use of the grant money only:
33	33	(1) to provide a minimum annual salary of at least:
34	34	(A) $65,000 for the [$45,000 to a qualified]
35	35	constable of each precinct; and
36	36	(B) $45,000 for each deputy constable who makes
37	37	motor vehicle stops in the routine performance of the deputy
38	38	constable's duties;
39	39	(2) to increase the salary of a person described by
40	40	Subdivision (1);
41	41	(3) to hire additional deputies or staff for the
42	42	constable's office; or
43	43	(4) to purchase vehicles, firearms, and safety
44	44	equipment for the constable's office.
45	45	(e-1) A county that is awarded a grant may not use or
46	46	authorize the use of the grant money for a purpose other than to
47	47	meet the minimum salary requirements prescribed by Subsection
48	48	(e)(1) until those requirements are satisfied.
49	49	(g) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to
50	50	implement this section, including rules that establish:
51	51	(1) a standardized application process, including the
52	52	form to be used to apply for a grant and the manner of submitting the
53	53	form;
54	54	(2) deadlines for:
55	55	(A) applying for the grant;
56	56	(B) disbursement of grant money; and
57	57	(C) spending grant money; and
58	58	(3) procedures for:
59	59	(A) monitoring the disbursement of grant money to
60	60	ensure compliance with this section; and
61	61	(B) the return of grant money that was not used by
62	62	a county for a purpose authorized by this section[; and
63	63	[(4) standards to determine if a constable is a
64	64	qualified constable].
65	65	SECTION 2. Section 130.912(a)(2), Local Government Code, is
66	66	repealed.
67	67	SECTION 3. Section 130.912, Local Government Code, as
68	68	amended by this Act, applies only to the award of a grant to a county
69	69	under the rural constable's office salary assistance grant program
70	70	during a fiscal year of the county that begins on or after the
71	71	effective date of this Act.
72	72	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
73	73	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
74	74	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
75	75	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
76	76	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.