Bill Text: TX HB4345 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the reallocation of funding or resources for certain county law enforcement agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4345 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4345-Introduced.html
88R12417 DRS-D | ||
By: Dorazio | H.B. No. 4345 |
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relating to the reallocation of funding or resources for certain | ||
county law enforcement agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 120.003, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 120.003. EXEMPTIONS [ |
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Section 120.002 does not apply to a county budget adopted for a | ||
fiscal year in which, or the two fiscal years following the fiscal | ||
year in which, a significant budget reduction from the preceding | ||
fiscal year was caused by a disaster, including a tornado, | ||
hurricane, flood, wildfire, or other calamity, but not including a | ||
drought, epidemic, or pandemic, in an area of the county that was | ||
the subject of a disaster declaration by the governor under Chapter | ||
418, Government Code, or by the president of the United States. | ||
(b) Section 120.002 does not apply to a county budget that: | ||
(1) reduces the number of peace officer positions in a | ||
law enforcement agency at the request of the elected officer who is | ||
the head of the law enforcement agency; or | ||
(2) reallocates funding, resources, or peace officer | ||
positions: | ||
(A) within a law enforcement agency the head of | ||
which is an elected officer; or | ||
(B) from one law enforcement agency to another | ||
law enforcement agency, the heads of which are both elected | ||
officers. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |