Bill Text: TX SB1405 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prohibition of certain police force reductions in certain populous municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB1405 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1405-Introduced.html
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| By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1405 | |
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| relating to the prohibition of certain police force reductions in | ||
| certain populous municipalities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 150, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER D. REDUCTION OF POLICE FORCE IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES | ||
| Sec. 150.061. CERTAIN POLICE FORCE REDUCTIONS PROHIBITED. | ||
| A municipality with a population of 950,000 or more may not reduce | ||
| the number of peace officers the municipality's police department | ||
| is authorized to employ per 1,000 residents if the reduction rate | ||
| exceeds the rate by which the municipality lost population in the | ||
| preceding calendar year. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
