Bill Text: TX HB3327 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a grant program to fund domestic violence high risk teams.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3327 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3327-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3327 | ||
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| relating to a grant program to fund domestic violence high risk | ||
| teams. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 402.038 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 402.038. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HIGH RISK TEAMS GRANT | ||
| PROGRAM. (a) A domestic violence high risk team is a | ||
| multidisciplinary team that coordinates efforts to increase the | ||
| safety of victims of family violence, as that term is defined by | ||
| Section 71.004, Family Code, by monitoring and containing | ||
| perpetrators while providing victim services. The team may be | ||
| composed of law enforcement officers, prosecutors, community | ||
| supervision and corrections departments, victim advocates, | ||
| nonprofit organizations that provide services or shelter to victims | ||
| of family violence, and medical personnel. The team members work | ||
| together to share information and communicate to provide the best | ||
| possible responses to victims at high risk. | ||
| (b) Using money appropriated for the purpose, the attorney | ||
| general may award grants to domestic violence high risk teams in | ||
| communities in this state. | ||
| (c) The attorney general shall request proposals for the | ||
| award of grants under this section. The attorney general shall | ||
| evaluate the proposals and award grants based on the need for | ||
| domestic violence services in the community in which the team is | ||
| located and the effectiveness or potential effectiveness of the | ||
| team. | ||
| (d) A grant recipient may use grant money received under | ||
| this section only to fund the activities of a domestic violence high | ||
| risk team in reducing or preventing incidents of domestic violence | ||
| and providing domestic violence services to victims. | ||
| (e) The attorney general shall establish procedures to | ||
| administer the grant program, including a procedure for the | ||
| submission of a proposal and a procedure to be used by the attorney | ||
| general in evaluating a proposal. | ||
| (f) To supplement any appropriations for the grant program, | ||
| the attorney general shall apply for any available federal grant | ||
| funds for the prevention of domestic violence. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3327 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 12, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3327 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
