Bill Text: TX SB1126 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the awarding of grants to certain entities for homeland security expenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Border Security [SB1126 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1126-Introduced.html
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| By: Blanco | S.B. No. 1126 | |
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| relating to the awarding of grants to certain entities for homeland | ||
| security expenses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 421.072, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The governor may allocate available federal and state | ||
| grants and other funding related to homeland security to a local | ||
| governmental entity or a nonprofit entity for: | ||
| (1) expenses incurred by the entity to provide | ||
| humanitarian assistance to unaccompanied minors and families, | ||
| including expenses incurred for public safety, medical care, | ||
| shelter, transportation, and nourishment; and | ||
| (2) the humane processing of the remains of | ||
| undocumented migrants. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
