89R15978 MPF-D
	By: Talarico	H.B. No. 5309

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