Bill Text: TX SB12 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist law enforcement agencies with the purchase of bulletproof vests and body armor.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 46-17)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-27 - Effective immediately [SB12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB12-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist law enforcement agencies with the purchase of bulletproof vests and body armor.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 46-17)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-27 - Effective immediately [SB12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB12-Engrossed.html
By: West, et al. | 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. |