Bill Text: TX HB9 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations relating to border security and giving direction regarding those appropriations.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 38-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-17 - Effective immediately [HB9 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB9-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 9 | ||
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| relating to making supplemental appropriations relating to border | ||
| security and giving direction regarding those appropriations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS JUDICIAL | ||
| COUNCIL. (a) The amount of $32,486,125 is appropriated from the | ||
| general revenue fund to the Office of Court Administration, Texas | ||
| Judicial Council for the purpose of providing funding for indigent | ||
| legal representation, foreign language interpreters for courts, | ||
| increased staff functions, equipment purchases, and program | ||
| administration costs during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
| date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
| (FTE) employees other law authorizes the office to employ during | ||
| that period, the Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial | ||
| Council may employ out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of | ||
| this section six full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. | ||
| (c) Out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section, the Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council | ||
| shall transfer $905,200 to the Comptroller's Department, Judiciary | ||
| Section for the purpose of providing funding for visiting judges. | ||
| SECTION 2. MILITARY DEPARTMENT. The amount of $301,007,231 | ||
| is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Military | ||
| Department for the purpose of providing funding for additional | ||
| personnel to support border security operations during the two-year | ||
| period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) The amount of | ||
| $133,506,725 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
| Department of Public Safety for the purpose of providing funding | ||
| for 52 weeks of Operation Lone Star surge costs incurred during the | ||
| two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) The amount of $3,411,000 is appropriated from the | ||
| general revenue fund to the Department of Public Safety for the | ||
| purpose of providing funding to purchase tactical marine unit | ||
| vessels during the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| (c) The amount of $17,872,349 is appropriated from the | ||
| general revenue fund to the Department of Public Safety for the | ||
| purpose of providing funding for additional full-time equivalent | ||
| (FTE) employees during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| (d) During the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
| date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
| (FTE) employees other law authorizes the department to employ | ||
| during that period, the Department of Public Safety may employ out | ||
| of money appropriated by Subsection (c) of this section 79 | ||
| full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. | ||
| SECTION 4. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. The amount of | ||
| $273,700,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
| Department of Criminal Justice for the purpose of providing funding | ||
| for correctional security operations during the two-year period | ||
| beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS. (a) The amount of | ||
| $214,785 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
| Commission on Jail Standards for the purpose of providing funding | ||
| to pay additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, increased | ||
| employee overtime compensation costs, and increased travel | ||
| expenses during the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| (b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
| date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
| (FTE) employees other law authorizes the commission to employ | ||
| during that period, the Commission on Jail Standards may employ out | ||
| of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section three | ||
| full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. | ||
| SECTION 6. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE | ||
| GOVERNOR. (a) The amount of $1,020,290,860 is appropriated from | ||
| the general revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs within the Office | ||
| of the Governor for the purpose of providing funding for border | ||
| security operations through the making of border security grants | ||
| during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this | ||
| Act. | ||
| (b) The money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section | ||
| may not be used to: | ||
| (1) acquire property through the exercise of eminent | ||
| domain; or | ||
| (2) build a barrier along this state's international | ||
| border with Mexico on property acquired through the exercise of | ||
| eminent domain. | ||
| (c) The amount of $3,765,000 is appropriated from the | ||
| general revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of | ||
| the Governor for the purpose of providing funding for additional | ||
| full-time equivalent (FTE) employees and for additional training | ||
| regarding the handling of misdemeanor and felony crimes for | ||
| eligible prosecuting attorneys, as defined by Section 772.0071(a), | ||
| Government Code, during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| (d) Out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section, the amount of $14,000,000 in each state fiscal year of the | ||
| state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2021, may be used only | ||
| to provide funding for grants to counties adjacent to this state's | ||
| international border with Mexico to cover those counties' costs for | ||
| additional law enforcement personnel and equipment, overtime pay | ||
| for law enforcement personnel, and other expenses related to | ||
| non-citizens held in county jail facilities, and for non-citizen | ||
| autopsies. | ||
| SECTION 7. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. (a) The | ||
| amount of $5,450,976 is appropriated from the general revenue fund | ||
| to the Department of State Health Services for the purpose of | ||
| purchasing ambulance services during the two-year period beginning | ||
| on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) The amount of $10,901,952 is appropriated from the | ||
| general revenue fund to the Department of State Health Services for | ||
| the purpose of purchasing ambulance services for use at two border | ||
| security processing centers during the two-year period beginning on | ||
| the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 8. BORDER SECURITY REPORTING REQUIREMENT. (a) In | ||
| this section, "border security" means activities associated with | ||
| deterring crimes and enforcing state laws related to offenses | ||
| listed in Section 772.0071, Government Code, hunting and fishing | ||
| laws related to poaching, laws for which this state receives | ||
| federal grants intended to enhance law enforcement, or laws that | ||
| relate to federal law enforcement operations, between designated | ||
| entry and exit points in counties: | ||
| (1) adjacent to or a portion of which are located | ||
| within 20 miles of an international border; | ||
| (2) adjacent to two counties located on an | ||
| international border with a population of more than 5,000 and less | ||
| than 7,500 according to the most recent federal decennial census; | ||
| (3) adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, as | ||
| defined by Section 51.002, Transportation Code; or | ||
| (4) included in a disaster declaration relating to | ||
| border security issued by the governor. | ||
| (b) The Department of Public Safety, Military Department, | ||
| Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor, Department of | ||
| Criminal Justice, Commission on Jail Standards, and Office of Court | ||
| Administration, Texas Judicial Council, shall report all budgeted | ||
| and expended amounts and performance indicator results for border | ||
| security to the Legislative Budget Board. | ||
| (c) The entities described by Subsection (b) of this section | ||
| shall provide the report required by that subsection on a quarterly | ||
| basis and in the manner prescribed by the Legislative Budget Board. | ||
| Each report must include, at a minimum: | ||
| (1) expended amounts and performance indicators for | ||
| activities related to enforcing laws described by Subsection (a) of | ||
| this section that occur: | ||
| (A) in each county described by Subsection (a) of | ||
| this section as well as for statewide activities that support | ||
| border security; or | ||
| (B) in any geographic region outside of the | ||
| counties described by Subsection (a) of this section, as requested, | ||
| such as areas identified as smuggling corridors; | ||
| (2) the method of finance of budgeted and expended | ||
| amounts; | ||
| (3) the object of expense of budgeted and expended | ||
| amounts; | ||
| (4) regular and overtime pay; | ||
| (5) the quarterly total number of border | ||
| security-related apprehensions and arrests made by state law | ||
| enforcement personnel deployed to geographic regions included in | ||
| the areas described by Subsection (a) of this section, including | ||
| the number of minors apprehended; | ||
| (6) the total quarterly number of individuals | ||
| undergoing magistration, prosecution, or conviction for state | ||
| crimes related to border security; | ||
| (7) the total quarterly number of individuals confined | ||
| to state correctional facilities converted by the Department of | ||
| Criminal Justice to confine those accused of state crimes related | ||
| to border security; | ||
| (8) the quarterly total length, expressed in miles, | ||
| and type of temporary and permanent fencing, barrier, or wall | ||
| erected along the international border with Mexico; and | ||
| (9) the quarterly total number and amount of grants | ||
| issued by the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor to | ||
| local jurisdictions and counties included in the area described by | ||
| Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 9 was passed by the House on August | ||
| 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 85, Nays 36, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; passed subject to the provisions of Article III, Section | ||
| 49a, of the Constitution of the State of Texas. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 9 was passed by the Senate on | ||
| September 1, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8; passed | ||
| subject to the provisions of Article III, Section 49a, of the | ||
| Constitution of the State of Texas. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I certify that the amounts appropriated in the herein H.B. | ||
| No. 9, 2nd Called Session of the 87th Legislature, are within | ||
| amounts estimated to be available in the affected fund. | ||
| Certified_____________________ | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Comptroller of Public Accounts | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
