Bill Text: TX HB470 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the responsibility for providing law enforcement and public safety services in the Capitol Complex.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-12 - Left pending in committee [HB470 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB470-Introduced.html

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89R2005 JCG-F
By: Tepper H.B. No. 470

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the responsibility for providing law enforcement and
public safety services in 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
following property that is located in Austin, Texas, to the extent
the property is owned by or under the control of the state:
(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) the area bounded on the north by the outside curb
of 10th Street as described in Subdivision (1), on the east by the
outside curb of Brazos Street, on the south by Lady Bird Lake, and
on the west by the outside curb of Colorado Street; and
(4) other locations [under the jurisdiction of the
capitol police district] as may be approved by the commission
[director].
SECTION 3. Section 411.062, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a), (d-1), and (f) and adding Subsection
(f-1) to read as follows:
(a) The department has primary responsibility for law
enforcement and security services within the boundaries of [on] the
Capitol Complex.
(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.
(f) The 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 the
responsibilities designated to it in the agreement subject to the
direction and supervision of the department.
(f-1) The agreement must include a formula for calculating
the department's annual cost of providing law enforcement and
public safety services in the Capitol Complex. Not later than the
30th business day after the last day of each state fiscal year, the
department shall use the formula to calculate the department's cost
for the preceding state fiscal year and report the cost to the
comptroller.
SECTION 4. Subchapter F, Chapter 321, Tax Code, is amended
by adding Section 321.5027 to read as follows:
Sec. 321.5027. DISTRIBUTION OF TRUST FUNDS FOR CERTAIN
SERVICES IN CAPITOL COMPLEX. Notwithstanding Section 321.502, the
comptroller may send to the City of Austin the city's share of taxes
collected by the comptroller under this chapter during a state
fiscal year only after the comptroller deducts the amount reported
to the comptroller by the Department of Public Safety under Section
411.062(f-1), Government Code, and credits that deducted amount to
the general revenue fund. Money credited to the general revenue
fund under this subsection may be appropriated only to the
Department of Public Safety.
SECTION 5. Not later than the 90th day after the effective
date of this Act, the Department of Public Safety and the City of
Austin shall amend the agreement required by Section 411.062,
Government Code, as amended by this Act, as necessary to comply with
this Act.
SECTION 6. 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.