Amend HB 9 on page 3 by striking lines 19-25 and substituting the following:
(b) The amount of $3,765,000 is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor for the purpose of providing for additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees and for additional training regarding:
(1) the handling of misdemeanor crimes for district and county attorneys; and
(2) the handling of crimes of sexual violence and human trafficking for state and local law enforcement agencies operating at the border. The training shall be developed in accordance with evidence-based best practices; this can include best practices identified by the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force within the Office of the Governor. The training shall be developed and implemented by sexual assault nonprofit coalitions as defined by Section 420.003 (7-a) of the Texas Government Code. The Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor shall provide additional grant funding, as necessary, for the purposes of this section.