Bill Text: TX HB880 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to responsibility for law enforcement and security services within the Capitol Complex.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [HB880 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB880-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Slawson H.B. No. 880
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to responsibility for law enforcement and security
  services within the Capitol Complex.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as the Texas Capitol Public
  Safety Protection Act.
         SECTION 2.  Section 411.061(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  In this subchapter, "Capitol Complex" means:the
  fo11owing property that is 1ocatcd in Austin, Texas, to the extent
  the property is owned by or under the control of the state:
               (1)  all property, public and private, that is located
  within the corporate boundaries of Austin, Texas; and
               (2)  other locations under the jurisdiction of the
  capitol police district as may be approved by the director.
         (1)  the area bounded on the north by the inside curb of
  Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard, on the east by the outside curb
  of Trinity Street, on the south by the outside curb of 10th Street,
  and on the west by the outside curb of Lavaca Street;
         (2)  the William P. Clements State Office Building located at
  300 West 15th Street; and
         (3)  other locations under the jurisdiction of the capitol
  police district as may be approved by the director.
         SECTION 3.  Section 411.062(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The department has primary responsibility for law
  enforcement and security services within the boundaries ofon the
  Capitol Complex.
         SECTION 4.  Section 411.062(d-1), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d-1)  The director shall adopt rules governing the use of
  unmanned aircraft in the Capitol Complex. The rules adopted under
  this subsection may:
               (1)  prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft in
  designated areas of the Capitol Complex; or
               (2)  authorize limited use of unmanned aircraft in
  designated areas of the Capitol Complex.
         SECTION 5.  Section 411.062(f), Government Code, is amended
  by amending subsection (f) and adding subsection (f-1) to read as
  follows:
         (f)  Not later than 90 days after the effective date of this
  Act, tThe department and the City of Austin shall execute an
  interlocal cooperation agreement that defines the respective
  responsibilities of the department and the city for traffic and
  parking enforcement, public safety, and general law enforcement
  security in the Capitol Complex, including private property within
  the boundaries of the complex. The city shall exercise
  responsibilities designated to it by the agreement under the
  authority and supervision of the department.
         (f-1)  The interlocal cooperation agreement must include a
  formula for calculating the annual cost of law enforcement and
  public safety services provided by the department to the city.
  Within 30 business days of the conclusion of the state fiscal year,
  the department shall notify the comptroller of the cost of law
  enforcement and public safety services provided by the department
  to the city for that fiscal year. The comptroller shall deduct the
  amount reported to the comptroller from the city's share of taxes
  collected by the comptroller under Chapter 321, Tax Code, and
  credit that deducted amount to the state general revenue fund.
         SECTION 6.  Subchapter F, Chapter 321, Tax Code, is amended
  by adding Section 321.511 to read as follows:
         Sec. 321.511.  DEDUCTION OF TRUST FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
  AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE CAPITOL COMPLEX. (a) In this section
  "Capitol Complex" has the meaning assigned by Section 411.061(a),
  Government Code.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 321.502, upon receipt of
  notification from the Department of Public Safety of the cost of
  public safety and law enforcement services rendered by the
  department to the City of Austin under Chapter 411, Subchapter E,
  Government Code, the comptroller shall deduct the amount reported
  from the city's share of the taxes collected by the comptroller
  under this subchapter during the state fiscal year and credit that
  deducted amount to the state general revenue fund. Money credited
  to the general revenue fund under this subsection may be
  appropriated only to the Department of Public Safety.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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