Amend CSHB 13 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 8 of the bill and substitute the
following:
SECTION 8. Section 421.072, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(a) The State Office of Homeland Security, with the advice
of the Border Security Council, [office of the governor] shall:
(1) allocate available federal and state grants and
other funding related to homeland security to state and local
agencies and defense base development authorities created under
Chapter 379B, Local Government Code, that perform homeland security
activities;
(2) periodically review the grants and other funding
for appropriateness and compliance;
(3) designate state administering agencies to
administer all grants and other funding to the state related to
homeland security; and
(4) measure the effectiveness of the homeland security
grants and other funding.
(d) In allocating grants and other funds to law
enforcement entities for border security purposes under Subsection
(a), the State Office of Homeland Security shall consider:
(1) the portion of the Texas-Mexico border for which
the entity has jurisdiction; and
(2) the extent to which the entity provides law
enforcement services along the border.