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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the rural constable's office salary assistance grant |
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program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 130.912(d) and (e), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The comptroller shall award a grant to a qualified |
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county that applies for the grant using money appropriated to the |
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comptroller for that purpose. [The comptroller may only award a |
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grant to a county if the county agrees in writing to contribute at |
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least 75 percent of the money required to meet the minimum annual |
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salary requirement established under Subsection (e) for each |
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qualified constable for which the county will also use grant money |
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to provide that salary.] |
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(e) A [Subject to Subsection (d), a] county that is awarded |
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a grant shall use or authorize the use of the grant money only: |
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(1) to provide a minimum annual salary of $45,000 to a |
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qualified constable; |
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(2) to hire additional constable deputies; or |
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(3) to increase the salary for a constable deputy. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |