89R13775 MZM-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 1651
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant
program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 130.911(d) and (h), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(d) The comptroller shall award a grant to a qualified
county that applies for the grant using money appropriated to the
comptroller for that purpose. The grant must be in the following
applicable amount:
(1) $250,000 if the county has a population of less
than 10,000;
(2) $350,000 if the county has:
(A) a population of less than 10,000 and
significant critical infrastructure located in its boundaries; or
(B) a population of 10,000 or more and less than
50,000; or
(3) $500,000 if the county has:
(A) a population of 10,000 or more and less than
50,000 and significant critical infrastructure located in its
boundaries; or
(B) a population of 50,000 or more and 300,000 or
less.
(h) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to
implement this section, including rules that establish:
(1) a standardized application process, including the
form to be used to apply for a grant and the manner of submitting the
form;
(2) deadlines for:
(A) applying for the grant;
(B) disbursement of grant money; and
(C) spending grant money; [and]
(3) procedures for:
(A) monitoring the disbursement of grant money to
ensure compliance with this section; and
(B) the return of grant money that was not used by
a county for a purpose authorized by this section; and
(4) standards to determine if critical infrastructure
is significant critical infrastructure for the purpose of
Subsection (d), considering the importance, value, and size of the
infrastructure.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the award of a grant to a county under the rural sheriff's office
salary assistance grant program during a fiscal year of the county
that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.