Tex.
Code of Crim. Proc. Article 102.056
Distribution of Funds
(a)
The legislature shall determine and appropriate the necessary amount from the criminal justice planning fund to the criminal justice division of the governor’s office for expenditure for state and local criminal justice projects and for costs of administering the funds for the projects. The criminal justice division shall allocate not less than 20 percent of these funds to juvenile justice programs. The distribution of the funds to local units of government shall be in an amount equal at least to the same percentage as local expenditures for criminal justice activities are to total state and local expenditures for criminal justice activities for the preceding state fiscal year. Funds shall be allocated among combinations of local units of government taking into consideration the population of the combination of local units of government as compared to the population of the state and the incidence of crime in the jurisdiction of the combination of local units of government as compared to the incidence of crime in the state. All funds collected are subject to audit by the comptroller of public accounts. All funds expended are subject to audit by the State Auditor. All funds collected or expended are subject to audit by the governor’s division of planning coordination.(b)
The legislature may appropriate any unobligated balance of the criminal justice planning fund for any court-related purpose.(c)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the criminal justice division shall allocate to a local unit of government or combination of local units of government located in an impacted region occurring as the result of the establishment of a significant new naval military facility an amount that exceeds by 10 percent the amount it would otherwise receive under this article.(d)
In this article, “significant new naval military facility” and “impacted region” have the meanings assigned by Section 4, Article 1, National Defense Impacted Region Assistance Act of 1985.(e)
The legislature shall determine and appropriate the necessary amount from the criminal justice planning account to the criminal justice division of the governor’s office for reimbursement in the form of grants to the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and other law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred in performing duties imposed on those agencies under Section 411.1471 (Dna Records of Persons Arrested for or Convicted of Certain Offenses) or Subchapter B-1 (Applicability of Subchapter), Chapter 420 (Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Services), Government Code, as applicable. On the first day after the end of a calendar quarter, a law enforcement agency incurring expenses described by this subsection in the previous calendar quarter shall send a certified statement of the costs incurred to the criminal justice division. The criminal justice division through a grant shall reimburse the law enforcement agency for the costs not later than the 30th day after the date the certified statement is received. If the criminal justice division does not reimburse the law enforcement agency before the 90th day after the date the certified statement is received, the agency is not required to perform duties imposed under Section 411.1471 (Dna Records of Persons Arrested for or Convicted of Certain Offenses) or Subchapter B-1 (Applicability of Subchapter), Chapter 420 (Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Services), Government Code, as applicable, until the agency has been compensated for all costs for which the agency has submitted a certified statement under this subsection.
Source:
Article 102.056 — Distribution of Funds, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.102.htm#102.056 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).
