Bill Text: TX HB3476 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of population for the purpose of the rural sheriff's office, constable's office, and prosecutor's office salary assistance grant program.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-24 - Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker [HB3476 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB3476-Introduced.html

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89R12372 MZM-F
By: Troxclair H.B. No. 3476

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of population for the purpose of the
rural sheriff's office, constable's office, and prosecutor's office
salary assistance grant program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.911(a), Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (3) to
read as follows:
(2) "Population" means the population shown by the
most recent:
(A) federal decennial census; or
(B) annual population estimate provided by the
state demographer under Chapter 468, Government Code, if that
estimate is more recent than the most recent federal decennial
census.
(3) "Qualified county" means a county with a
population of 300,000 or less.
SECTION 2. Section 130.912(a), Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subdivisions (2) and (3) and adding Subdivision
(4) to read as follows:
(2) "Population" has the meaning assigned by Section
130.911.
(3) "Qualified constable" means a constable elected to
an office created on or before January 1, 2023, who primarily makes
motor vehicle stops in the routine performance of the constable's
duties.
(4) [(3)] "Qualified county" means a county with a
population of 300,000 or less.
SECTION 3. Section 130.913(a), Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (3) to
read as follows:
(2) "Population" has the meaning assigned by Section
130.911.
(3) "Qualified prosecutor's office" means, in a
jurisdiction with a population of 300,000 or less, the office of a
district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney
with criminal prosecution duties.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
the award of a grant to a county during a fiscal year of the county
that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. 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, 2025.