Bill Text: TX SB12 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist law enforcement agencies with the purchase of bulletproof vests and body armor.
Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-27 - Effective immediately [SB12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB12-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 12 | ||
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| relating to the creation of a grant program to assist law | ||
| enforcement agencies with the purchase of bulletproof vests and | ||
| body armor. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 772.0073 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 772.0073. BULLETPROOF VEST AND BODY ARMOR GRANT | ||
| PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "criminal justice division" means | ||
| the criminal justice division established under Section 772.006. | ||
| (b) The criminal justice division shall establish and | ||
| administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to a law | ||
| enforcement agency in this state that seeks to equip its peace | ||
| officers with bulletproof vests, ballistic plates, and plate | ||
| carriers. | ||
| (c) A vest or plate purchased with a grant received under | ||
| this section must comply with a National Institute of Justice | ||
| standard for rifle protection. | ||
| (d) A law enforcement agency may apply for a grant under | ||
| this section only if the agency first adopts a policy addressing | ||
| the: | ||
| (1) deployment and allocation of vests or plates to | ||
| its officers; and | ||
| (2) usage of vests or plates by its officers. | ||
| (e) A law enforcement agency receiving a grant under this | ||
| section must, as soon as practicable after receiving the grant, | ||
| provide to the criminal justice division proof of purchase of | ||
| bulletproof vests, ballistic plates, and plate carriers, including | ||
| the price of each item and the number of each type of item | ||
| purchased. | ||
| (f) Not later than December 1 of each year, the criminal | ||
| justice division shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board a | ||
| report that provides the following information for the preceding | ||
| state fiscal year: | ||
| (1) the name of each law enforcement agency that | ||
| applied for a grant under this section; | ||
| (2) the amount of money distributed to each law | ||
| enforcement agency that received a grant under this section; and | ||
| (3) as reported under Subsection (e), the number of | ||
| vests, plates, and carriers purchased by each agency described by | ||
| Subdivision (2). | ||
| (g) The criminal justice division may use any revenue | ||
| available for purposes of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 12 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 12 passed the House on | ||
| May 17, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
