Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 50.0051
Establishment of Matching Grant Program


(a)

The commission shall establish a matching grant program to award to a municipality a grant in an amount equal to the amount committed by the municipality for the development of a sex trafficking prevention needs assessment. A municipality that is awarded a grant must develop the needs assessment in collaboration with a local institution of higher education and on completion submit a copy of the needs assessment to the commission.

(b)

A sex trafficking prevention needs assessment developed under Subsection (a) must outline:

(1)

the prevalence of sex trafficking crimes in the municipality;

(2)

strategies for reducing the number of sex trafficking crimes in the municipality; and

(3)

the municipality’s need for additional funding for sex trafficking prevention programs and initiatives.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 413 (S.B. 20), Sec. 5.01, eff. September 1, 2019.

Source: Section 50.0051 — Establishment of Matching Grant Program, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­50.­htm#50.­0051 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 50.0051’s source at texas​.gov