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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of the local 9-1-1 response fund and |
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grant program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 418.059 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.059. LOCAL 9-1-1 RESPONSE FUND AND GRANT |
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PROGRAM. (a) The Local 9-1-1 Response Fund is established as a |
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special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue |
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fund. |
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(b) The fund consists of: |
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(1) money appropriated by the legislature and directed |
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to be deposited to the credit of the fund; |
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(2) gifts and grants contributed to the fund; and |
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(3) the interest and other earnings attributable to |
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the investment of money in the fund. |
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(c) The division may use money in the fund to: |
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(1) award grants to political subdivisions in |
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accordance with this section; and |
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(2) pay the necessary and reasonable expenses of |
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administering the fund and the program. |
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(d) The division shall establish and administer a program to |
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award grants to a political subdivision to improve the response |
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times of emergency services providers and personnel to 9-1-1 |
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emergency calls. |
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(e) The division shall: |
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(1) prescribe the manner in which a political |
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subdivision may apply for a grant under this section; and |
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(2) establish eligibility and selection criteria for a |
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political subdivision to be awarded a grant under this section. |
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(f) A political subdivision awarded a grant under this |
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section may expend the grant proceeds only in accordance with a |
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contract between the division and the political subdivision. The |
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contract must include provisions under which the division is |
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granted sufficient control to ensure the public purpose of |
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improving the response times of emergency services providers and |
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personnel is accomplished and this state receives the return |
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benefit. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |