grant program for local 287(g) training

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89R10402 SCL-D

By: Hall
S.B. No. 932

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 426 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 426. IMMIGRATION

Sec. 426.001. 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. 426.002. IMMIGRATION AUTHORITY 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. 426.003. 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 September 1, 2025.