Bill Text: TX SB29 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to establishment of the immigration authority delegation training grant program for local law enforcement agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-08 - Filed [SB29 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB29-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Hall S.B. No. 29
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to establishment of the immigration authority delegation
  training grant program for local law enforcement agencies.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 4, Government Code, is amended
  by adding Chapter 424 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 424. IMMIGRATION
         Sec. 424.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "training
  program" means a training program operated by United States
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement for training local law
  enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration law. The term
  includes the immigration authority delegation program and the
  immigration authority delegation refresher training program
  established under Section 287(g) of the federal Immigration and
  Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1357(g)).
         Sec. 424.002.  IMMIGRATION DELEGATION TRAINING GRANT
  PROGRAM FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. (a)  The office of the governor
  shall develop and maintain a grant program that awards grants for
  the expenses incurred by a local law enforcement agency related to
  the attendance of a law enforcement officer of the agency in a
  training program.
         (b)  A local law enforcement agency may apply to the office
  of the governor in the form and manner required by the office of the
  governor for a grant under the grant program established by this
  section. To qualify for a grant, an applicant must:
               (1)  apply for preauthorization from the office of the
  governor before the law enforcement officer attends the training
  program; and
               (2)  demonstrate that the law enforcement officer who
  will attend the training program:
                     (A)  is primarily engaged in making arrests; and
                     (B)  meets all of the United States Immigration
  and Customs Enforcement officer selection requirements required to
  attend the training program.
         Sec. 424.003.  GRANT AMOUNT. If the application for a grant
  under the grant program established under this section is approved,
  the office of the governor shall issue a grant to the applicant in
  the amount of:
               (1)  the salary of the law enforcement officer for:
                     (A)  four weeks, if the officer attends the basic
  training course under the training program; or
                     (B)  one week, if the officer attends the
  refresher course under the training program;
               (2)  the costs incurred by the applicant because of the
  officer's absence while the officer is attending the training
  program, including overtime pay to another officer to fulfill the
  duties of the absent officer; and
               (3)  other expenses the office of the governor
  considers necessary for the participation in the training program.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.
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