Bill Text: TX SB1972 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a grant program to provide money for security at certain major events; authorizing fees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1972 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1972-Introduced.html
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| By: Huffman | S.B. No. 1972 | |
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| relating to the creation of a grant program to provide money for | ||
| security at certain major events; authorizing fees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's | ||
| Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 5D to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 5D. MAJOR EVENTS SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In this | ||
| section, "event" means an event or a related series of events held | ||
| in this state. The term includes any activity related to or | ||
| associated with the event. | ||
| (b) In administering this section, the department may: | ||
| (1) enter into and enforce contracts with a county or a | ||
| municipality and execute and deliver other instruments necessary to | ||
| make and administer grants awarded under this section; | ||
| (2) impose and collect reasonable fees and charges in | ||
| connection with grants made under this section and provide | ||
| reasonable penalties for delinquent payment of fees or charges; and | ||
| (3) adopt rules necessary to implement the program. | ||
| (c) The department may only use money expressly | ||
| appropriated by the legislature to the department for the grant | ||
| program established by this section and may only use that money to | ||
| make grants authorized by this section for a purpose specified in | ||
| Subsection (e)(3) of this section. | ||
| (d) A county or municipality that contains a site at which | ||
| an eligible event is or may be hosted may apply for and receive a | ||
| grant under this section. A grant recipient may use the money | ||
| provided through a grant under this section only for providing | ||
| security at the event for which the grant is awarded. | ||
| (e) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an | ||
| event for which a county or municipality is applying must: | ||
| (1) be held annually; | ||
| (2) have had a total economic impact on the local | ||
| economy where the event was previously held of more than $300 | ||
| million in the immediately preceding year; and | ||
| (3) serve a state purpose or a public purpose of the | ||
| development and diversification of the economy of this state, the | ||
| elimination of unemployment or underemployment in this state, or | ||
| the development or expansion of commerce in this state. | ||
| (f) The department by rule shall establish an application | ||
| process, award process, and eligibility criteria for receiving a | ||
| grant under this section. The department shall also establish | ||
| criteria for prioritizing applicants for grants under this section | ||
| and reporting requirements for grants awarded under this section. | ||
| (g) The department shall compile an annual report | ||
| identifying the recipient of each grant awarded under this section | ||
| each state fiscal year, the amount awarded for each grant, and the | ||
| expenses paid through the grant. Each county or municipality that | ||
| receives a grant under this section must submit to the department | ||
| any information the department requires to compile the report | ||
| required under this subsection. | ||
| (h) A county or municipality that does not spend grant money | ||
| received under this section for security purposes as required by | ||
| this section must repay the amount of the grant that was in | ||
| noncompliance. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Economic | ||
| Development and Tourism Division of the governor's office shall | ||
| adopt the rules and eligibility standards required by Section 5D, | ||
| Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act does not make an appropriation. A | ||
| provision in this Act that creates a new governmental program, | ||
| creates a new entitlement, or imposes a new duty on a governmental | ||
| entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the | ||
| legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the | ||
| provision. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
