HB 5309

relating to the establishment of the local 9-1-1 response fund and
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
(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
(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
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.