Bill Text: TX HB1860 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a grant program to provide money for security at certain major events; authorizing fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-05 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [HB1860 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1860-Introduced.html
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By: Hunter | H.B. No. 1860 |
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relating to the creation of a grant program to provide money for | ||
security at certain major events; authorizing fees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's | ||
Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 5D to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 5D. MAJOR EVENTS SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In this | ||
section, "event" means an event or a related series of events held | ||
in this state. The term includes any activity related to or | ||
associated with the event. | ||
(b) In administering this section, the department may: | ||
(1) enter into and enforce contracts with a county or a | ||
municipality and execute and deliver other instruments necessary to | ||
make and administer grants awarded under this section; | ||
(2) impose and collect reasonable fees and charges in | ||
connection with grants made under this section and provide | ||
reasonable penalties for delinquent payment of fees or charges; and | ||
(3) adopt rules necessary to implement the program. | ||
(c) The department may only use money expressly | ||
appropriated by the legislature to the department for the grant | ||
program established by this section and may only use that money to | ||
make grants authorized by this section for a purpose specified in | ||
Subsection (e)(3) of this section. | ||
(d) A county or municipality that contains a site at which | ||
an eligible event is or may be hosted may apply for and receive a | ||
grant under this section. A grant recipient may use the money | ||
provided through a grant under this section only for providing | ||
security at the event for which the grant is awarded. | ||
(e) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an | ||
event for which a county or municipality is applying must: | ||
(1) be held annually; | ||
(2) have had a total economic impact on the local | ||
economy where the event was previously held of more than $300 | ||
million in the immediately preceding year; and | ||
(3) serve a state purpose or a public purpose of the | ||
development and diversification of the economy of this state, the | ||
elimination of unemployment or underemployment in this state, or | ||
the development or expansion of commerce in this state. | ||
(f) The department by rule shall establish an application | ||
process, award process, and eligibility criteria for receiving a | ||
grant under this section. The department shall also establish | ||
criteria for prioritizing applicants for grants under this section | ||
and reporting requirements for grants awarded under this section. | ||
(g) The department shall compile an annual report | ||
identifying the recipient of each grant awarded under this section | ||
each state fiscal year, the amount awarded for each grant, and the | ||
expenses paid through the grant. Each county or municipality that | ||
receives a grant under this section must submit to the department | ||
any information the department requires to compile the report | ||
required under this subsection. | ||
(h) A county or municipality that does not spend grant money | ||
received under this section for security purposes as required by | ||
this section must repay the amount of the grant that was in | ||
noncompliance. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Economic | ||
Development and Tourism Division of the governor's office shall | ||
adopt the rules and eligibility standards required by Section 5D, | ||
Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as | ||
added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act does not make an appropriation. A | ||
provision in this Act that creates a new governmental program, | ||
creates a new entitlement, or imposes a new duty on a governmental | ||
entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the | ||
legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the | ||
provision. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |