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1	1	89R10402 SCL-D
2	2	By: Hall S.B. No. 932
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to establishment of the immigration authority delegation
10	10	training grant program for local law enforcement agencies.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Government Code, is amended
13	13	by adding Chapter 426 to read as follows:
14	14	CHAPTER 426. IMMIGRATION
15	15	Sec. 426.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "training
16	16	program" means a training program operated by United States
17	17	Immigration and Customs Enforcement for training local law
18	18	enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration law. The term
19	19	includes the immigration authority delegation program and the
20	20	immigration authority delegation refresher training program
21	21	established under Section 287(g) of the federal Immigration and
22	22	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1357(g)).
23	23	Sec. 426.002. IMMIGRATION AUTHORITY DELEGATION TRAINING
24	24	GRANT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. (a) The office of the
25	25	governor shall develop and maintain a grant program that awards
26	26	grants for the expenses incurred by a local law enforcement agency
27	27	related to the attendance of a law enforcement officer of the agency
28	28	in a training program.
29	29	(b) A local law enforcement agency may apply to the office
30	30	of the governor in the form and manner required by the office of the
31	31	governor for a grant under the grant program established by this
32	32	section. To qualify for a grant, an applicant must:
33	33	(1) apply for preauthorization from the office of the
34	34	governor before the law enforcement officer attends the training
35	35	program; and
36	36	(2) demonstrate that the law enforcement officer who
37	37	will attend the training program:
38	38	(A) is primarily engaged in making arrests; and
39	39	(B) meets all of the United States Immigration
40	40	and Customs Enforcement officer selection requirements required to
41	41	attend the training program.
42	42	Sec. 426.003. GRANT AMOUNT. If the application for a grant
43	43	under the grant program established under this section is approved,
44	44	the office of the governor shall issue a grant to the applicant in
45	45	the amount of:
46	46	(1) the salary of the law enforcement officer for:
47	47	(A) four weeks, if the officer attends the basic
48	48	training course under the training program; or
49	49	(B) one week, if the officer attends the
50	50	refresher course under the training program;
51	51	(2) the costs incurred by the applicant because of the
52	52	officer's absence while the officer is attending the training
53	53	program, including overtime pay to another officer to fulfill the
54	54	duties of the absent officer; and
55	55	(3) other expenses the office of the governor
56	56	considers necessary for the participation in the training program.
57	57	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
58	58	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
59	59	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
60	60	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
61	61	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.