By: De La Garza H.B. No. 22
72S40199 DRH-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the creation and duties of a crime control and
1-3 prevention district.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 1.05, Crime Control and Prevention
1-6 District Act (Article 2370c-4, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 1.05. COUNTIES AUTHORIZED TO CREATE DISTRICTS. The
1-9 commissioners court in a county with a population of more than
1-10 350,000 may by majority vote propose the creation of a crime
1-11 control district. The proposal is <A crime control district is
1-12 established,> subject to a confirmation election held as provided
1-13 by Article 3 of this Act<, in a county containing:>
1-14 <(1) a population of more than 750,000 according to
1-15 the most recent federal census; and>
1-16 <(2) more than 35 incorporated municipalities
1-17 according to the most recent federal census>.
1-18 SECTION 2. Sections 2.03(a) and (b), Crime Control and
1-19 Prevention District Act (Article 2370c-4, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-20 Statutes), are amended to read as follows:
1-21 (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date a district is
1-22 proposed by the county commissioners court <effective date of this
1-23 Act>, each group listed in Subdivisions (1), (3), (4), (5), and (6)
1-24 of Section 2.01 of this Act shall make its selection under that
2-1 section.
2-2 (b) Not later than the 75th day after the date a district is
2-3 proposed by the county commissioners court <effective date of this
2-4 Act>, a temporary board shall organize.
2-5 SECTION 3. Section 3.01, Crime Control and Prevention
2-6 District Act (Article 2370c-4, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
2-7 amended to read as follows:
2-8 Sec. 3.01. Creation Election. A district proposed by the
2-9 county commissioners court may be created and a tax may be
2-10 authorized only if the creation and the tax are approved by a
2-11 majority of the qualified voters of the proposed district voting at
2-12 an election called and held for that purpose.
2-13 SECTION 4. Section 3.08, Crime Control and Prevention
2-14 District Act (Article 2370c-4, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
2-15 amended to read as follows:
2-16 Sec. 3.08. Dissolution of Temporary Board. If a district
2-17 has not been created under this Act before the fifth anniversary of
2-18 the date a district is proposed by the county commissioners court
2-19 <effective date of this Act>, the temporary board is dissolved on
2-20 that date and a district may not be created under this Act.
2-21 SECTION 5. Section 3.09, Crime Control and Prevention
2-22 District Act (Article 2370c-4, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
2-23 amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
2-24 (d) The temporary board shall coordinate its efforts with
2-25 local law enforcement officials, the local community supervision
2-26 and corrections department, and the local juvenile probation
2-27 department in developing its crime control plan and budget plan.
3-1 SECTION 6. Section 5.01, Crime Control and Prevention
3-2 District Act (Article 2370c-4, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
3-3 amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (d) and
3-4 (e) to read as follows:
3-5 (b) The district shall coordinate its efforts with local law
3-6 enforcement officials, the local community supervision and
3-7 corrections department, and the local juvenile probation department
3-8 in developing its crime control and crime prevention program <may
3-9 not:>
3-10 <(1) fund any program that significantly duplicates
3-11 existing programs or programs scheduled to begin;>
3-12 <(2) fund any facility that unnecessarily duplicates
3-13 existing facilities or facilities scheduled to begin operation or
3-14 construction;>
3-15 <(3) fund any equipment that unnecessarily duplicates
3-16 existing equipment or equipment scheduled to begin operation;>
3-17 <(4) spend on administration more than one percent of
3-18 the amount of revenue that would be generated if the tax rate
3-19 imposed under the sales and use tax under Section 323.105, Tax
3-20 Code, were one-half percent;>
3-21 <(5) fund a program if sufficient state or other local
3-22 funds are available to fund the program;>
3-23 <(6) fund a facility or equipment if sufficient state
3-24 or other local funds are available to fund the facility or
3-25 equipment; and>
3-26 <(7) continue to fund a program, facility, or
3-27 equipment in a municipality or county if the municipality or county
4-1 fails to maintain the same level of support for the program,
4-2 facility, or equipment as it did the year before the district was
4-3 created or in any following year, whichever is greater>.
4-4 (d) The board of directors of the district shall seek the
4-5 assistance of the Office of State-Federal Relations in identifying
4-6 and applying for federal grants for criminal and juvenile justice
4-7 programs.
4-8 (e) The district may apply for and receive grants for
4-9 criminal and juvenile justice programs from the criminal justice
4-10 division in the governor's office.
4-11 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
4-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
4-16 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
4-17 passage, and it is so enacted.