Bill Text: TX SB1706 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a grant program to fund domestic violence high risk teams.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-29 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB1706 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1706-Comm_Sub.html
By: Huffman | S.B. No. 1706 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 23, 2015, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; | ||
April 14, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, | ||
Nays 0; April 14, 2015, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to a grant program to fund domestic violence high risk | ||
teams. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 402.038 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 402.038. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HIGH RISK TEAMS GRANT | ||
PROGRAM. (a) A domestic violence high risk team is a | ||
multidisciplinary team that coordinates efforts to increase the | ||
safety of victims of family violence, as that term is defined by | ||
Section 71.004, Family Code, by monitoring and containing | ||
perpetrators while providing victim services. The team may be | ||
composed of law enforcement officers, prosecutors, community | ||
supervision and corrections departments, victim advocates, | ||
nonprofit organizations that provide services or shelter to victims | ||
of family violence, and medical personnel. The team members work | ||
together to share information and communicate to provide the best | ||
possible responses to victims at high risk. | ||
(b) Using money appropriated for the purpose, the attorney | ||
general may award grants to domestic violence high risk teams in | ||
communities in this state. | ||
(c) The attorney general shall request proposals for the | ||
award of grants under this section. The attorney general shall | ||
evaluate the proposals and award grants based on the need for | ||
domestic violence services in the community in which the team is | ||
located and the effectiveness or potential effectiveness of the | ||
team. | ||
(c-1) In awarding grants under this section, the attorney | ||
general shall prioritize a municipality with a population of more | ||
than 1.18 million and located predominantly in a county that has a | ||
total area of less than 1,000 square miles. This subsection expires | ||
September 1, 2017. | ||
(d) A grant recipient may use grant money received under | ||
this section only to fund the activities of a domestic violence high | ||
risk team in reducing or preventing incidents of domestic violence | ||
and providing domestic violence services to victims. | ||
(e) The attorney general shall establish procedures to | ||
administer the grant program, including a procedure for the | ||
submission of a proposal and a procedure to be used by the attorney | ||
general in evaluating a proposal. | ||
(f) To supplement any appropriations for the grant program, | ||
the attorney general shall apply for any available federal grant | ||
funds for the prevention of domestic violence. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
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