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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a grant program to assist law |
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enforcement agencies with the purchase of bulletproof vests. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 772.0073 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 772.0073. BULLETPROOF VEST GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In this |
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section, "criminal justice division" means the criminal justice |
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division established under Section 772.006. |
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(b) The criminal justice division shall establish and |
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administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to a law |
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enforcement agency seeking to equip its peace officers with |
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bulletproof vests. Any law enforcement agency in this state may |
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apply for a grant under this section. |
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(c) An agency receiving a grant under this section must, as |
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soon as practicable after receiving the grant, provide to the |
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criminal justice division proof of purchase of bulletproof vests, |
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including the price of each vest and the number of vests purchased. |
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(d) Not later than December 1 of each year, the criminal |
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justice division shall submit a report to the Legislative Budget |
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Board reporting the following information for the preceding state |
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fiscal year: |
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(1) the name of each agency that applied for a grant |
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under this section; |
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(2) the amount of money distributed to each agency |
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that received a grant under this section; and |
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(3) the number of vests purchased by each agency |
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described by Subdivision (2). |
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(e) The criminal justice division may use any revenue |
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available for purposes of this section. |
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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 September 1, 2017. |