SB1651 - Relating to the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant program.

  89R13775 MZM-D     By: Hughes S.B. No. 1651       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant   program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 130.911(d) and (h), Local Government   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (d)  The comptroller shall award a grant to a qualified   county that applies for the grant using money appropriated to the   comptroller for that purpose. The grant must be in the following   applicable amount:                (1)  $250,000 if the county has a population of less   than 10,000;                (2)  $350,000 if the county has :                       (A)   a population of less than 10,000 and   significant critical infrastructure located in its boundaries; or                       (B)  a population of 10,000 or more and less than   50,000; or                (3)  $500,000 if the county has :                       (A)   a population of 10,000 or more and less than   50,000 and significant critical infrastructure located in its   boundaries; or                       (B)  a population of 50,000 or more and 300,000 or   less.          (h)  The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to   implement this section, including rules that establish:                (1)  a standardized application process, including the   form to be used to apply for a grant and the manner of submitting the   form;                (2)  deadlines for:                      (A)  applying for the grant;                      (B)  disbursement of grant money; and                      (C)  spending grant money; [ and ]                (3)  procedures for:                      (A)  monitoring the disbursement of grant money to   ensure compliance with this section; and                      (B)  the return of grant money that was not used by   a county for a purpose authorized by this section ; and                 (4)     standards to determine if critical infrastructure   is significant critical infrastructure for the purpose of   Subsection (d), considering the importance, value, and size of the   infrastructure .          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to the award of a grant to a county under the rural sheriff's office   salary assistance grant program during a fiscal year of the county   that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.