Bill Text: TX HB529 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to eligibility for the bulletproof vest and body armor grant program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB529 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB529-Introduced.html

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89R3004 AMF-D
By: Bumgarner H.B. No. 529

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility for the bulletproof vest and body armor
grant program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 772.0075(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In this section:
(1) "Criminal [, "criminal] justice division" means
the criminal justice division established under Section 772.006.
(2) "Law enforcement agency" means an agency of the
state or an agency of a political subdivision of the state
authorized by law to employ peace officers, including an
independent school district.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.