Amend CSSB 2858 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 6 of the bill, immediately after added Section 102A.053(c), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 3, between lines 30 and 31), by inserting the following:
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(4), a municipality or county may receive state grant funds for grants provided for the purpose of:
(1) responding to a disaster declared under Chapter 418, Government Code, if:
(A) for a municipality, the municipality is located in a county or a county adjacent to a county that includes an area specified in the disaster declaration; and
(B) for a county, the county or a county adjacent to the county includes an area specified in the disaster declaration; or
(2) providing financial assistance to a municipal police department, sheriff's department, constable's office, district or county attorney's office, fire department, municipal or county jail, or other municipal or county department providing law enforcement or emergency response services.