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) The office of the governor and the State Office of
Homeland Security may allocate grants for homeland security
purposes only to public law enforcement agencies or other public
entities as provided by Subsection (a).