| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to responsibility for law enforcement and security |
|
|
services within the Capitol Complex. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Texas Capitol Public |
|
|
Safety Protection Act. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Section 411.061(a), Government Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
(a) In this subchapter, "Capitol Complex" means:the |
|
|
fo11owing property that is 1ocatcd in Austin, Texas, to the extent |
|
|
the property is owned by or under the control of the state: |
|
|
(1) all property, public and private, that is located |
|
|
within the corporate boundaries of Austin, Texas; and |
|
|
(2) other locations under the jurisdiction of the |
|
|
capitol police district as may be approved by the director. |
|
|
(1) the area bounded on the north by the inside curb of |
|
|
Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard, on the east by the outside curb |
|
|
of Trinity Street, on the south by the outside curb of 10th Street, |
|
|
and on the west by the outside curb of Lavaca Street; |
|
|
(2) the William P. Clements State Office Building located at |
|
|
300 West 15th Street; and |
|
|
(3) other locations under the jurisdiction of the capitol |
|
|
police district as may be approved by the director. |
|
|
SECTION 3. Section 411.062(a), Government Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
(a) The department has primary responsibility for law |
|
|
enforcement and security services within the boundaries ofon the |
|
|
Capitol Complex. |
|
|
SECTION 4. Section 411.062(d-1), Government Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(d-1) The director shall adopt rules governing the use of |
|
|
unmanned aircraft in the Capitol Complex. The rules adopted under |
|
|
this subsection may: |
|
|
(1) prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft in |
|
|
designated areas of the Capitol Complex; or |
|
|
(2) authorize limited use of unmanned aircraft in |
|
|
designated areas of the Capitol Complex. |
|
|
SECTION 5. Section 411.062(f), Government Code, is amended |
|
|
by amending subsection (f) and adding subsection (f-1) to read as |
|
|
follows: |
|
|
(f) Not later than 90 days after the effective date of this |
|
|
Act, tThe department and the City of Austin shall execute an |
|
|
interlocal cooperation agreement that defines the respective |
|
|
responsibilities of the department and the city for traffic and |
|
|
parking enforcement, public safety, and general law enforcement |
|
|
security in the Capitol Complex, including private property within |
|
|
the boundaries of the complex. The city shall exercise |
|
|
responsibilities designated to it by the agreement under the |
|
|
authority and supervision of the department. |
|
|
(f-1) The interlocal cooperation agreement must include a |
|
|
formula for calculating the annual cost of law enforcement and |
|
|
public safety services provided by the department to the city. |
|
|
Within 30 business days of the conclusion of the state fiscal year, |
|
|
the department shall notify the comptroller of the cost of law |
|
|
enforcement and public safety services provided by the department |
|
|
to the city for that fiscal year. The comptroller shall deduct the |
|
|
amount reported to the comptroller from the city's share of taxes |
|
|
collected by the comptroller under Chapter 321, Tax Code, and |
|
|
credit that deducted amount to the state general revenue fund. |
|
|
SECTION 6. Subchapter F, Chapter 321, Tax Code, is amended |
|
|
by adding Section 321.511 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 321.511. DEDUCTION OF TRUST FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY |
|
|
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE CAPITOL COMPLEX. (a) In this section |
|
|
"Capitol Complex" has the meaning assigned by Section 411.061(a), |
|
|
Government Code. |
|
|
(b) Notwithstanding Section 321.502, upon receipt of |
|
|
notification from the Department of Public Safety of the cost of |
|
|
public safety and law enforcement services rendered by the |
|
|
department to the City of Austin under Chapter 411, Subchapter E, |
|
|
Government Code, the comptroller shall deduct the amount reported |
|
|
from the city's share of the taxes collected by the comptroller |
|
|
under this subchapter during the state fiscal year and credit that |
|
|
deducted amount to the state general revenue fund. Money credited |
|
|
to the general revenue fund under this subsection may be |
|
|
appropriated only to the Department of Public Safety. |
|
|
SECTION 7. 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, 2023. |