Bill Text: TX SB1649 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to a grant program to support the prosecution of certain crimes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1649 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1649-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to a grant program to support the prosecution of certain crimes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1649 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1649-Comm_Sub.html
By: Watson, Davis | S.B. No. 1649 | |
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relating to a grant program to support the prosecution of certain | ||
crimes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 772, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 772.0071 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 772.0071. PROSECUTION OF BORDER CRIME GRANT PROGRAM. | ||
(a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Border crime" means any crime that occurs in the | ||
border region and that undermines public safety or security, | ||
including an offense: | ||
(A) during the prosecution of which an | ||
affirmative finding may be requested under Section 3g(a)(2), | ||
Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
(B) under Chapter 19, 20, 20A, 46, or 71, Penal | ||
Code; | ||
(C) under Title 7 or 8, Penal Code; | ||
(D) under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; | ||
(E) committed by a person who is not a citizen or | ||
national of the United States and is not lawfully present in the | ||
United States; or | ||
(F) that is coordinated with or related to | ||
activities or crimes that occur or are committed in the United | ||
Mexican States. | ||
(2) "Border region" means the portion of this state | ||
that is located in a county: | ||
(A) that is adjacent to an international border; | ||
(B) in which a border checkpoint is located; or | ||
(C) not otherwise described by Paragraph (A) or | ||
(B) if any portion of the county is located within a judicial | ||
district that: | ||
(i) contains any portion of a county | ||
described by Paragraph (A) or (B); or | ||
(ii) is adjacent to a judicial district | ||
that contains any portion of a county described by Paragraph (A) or | ||
(B). | ||
(3) "Criminal justice division" means the criminal | ||
justice division established under Section 772.006. | ||
(4) "Eligible prosecuting attorney" means an attorney | ||
in a border region who represents the state in the prosecution of | ||
felonies. | ||
(b) The criminal justice division shall establish and | ||
administer a grant program through which an eligible prosecuting | ||
attorney or the attorney's office may apply for a grant to support | ||
the prosecution of border crime in a county or counties under the | ||
jurisdiction of the attorney. | ||
(c) The criminal justice division shall establish: | ||
(1) additional eligibility criteria for grant | ||
applicants; | ||
(2) grant application procedures; | ||
(3) guidelines relating to grant amounts; | ||
(4) procedures for evaluating grant applications; and | ||
(5) procedures for monitoring the use of a grant | ||
awarded under the program and ensuring compliance with any | ||
conditions of a grant. | ||
(d) Undedicated and unobligated funds in the operators and | ||
chauffeurs license account may be appropriated only to the criminal | ||
justice division for the purpose of awarding grants under this | ||
section. The account is exempt from the application of Section | ||
403.095. | ||
(e) The criminal justice division shall include in the | ||
biennial report required by Section 772.006(a)(9) a detailed | ||
reporting of the results and performance of the grant program | ||
administered under 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, 2011. |