89R15978 MPF-D     By: Talarico H.B. No. 5309       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of the local 9-1-1 response fund and   grant program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 418.059 to read as follows:          Sec. 418.059.  LOCAL 9-1-1 RESPONSE FUND AND GRANT   PROGRAM.  (a) The Local 9-1-1 Response Fund is established as a   special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue   fund.          (b)  The fund consists of:                (1)  money appropriated by the legislature and directed   to be deposited to the credit of the fund;                (2)  gifts and grants contributed to the fund; and                (3)  the interest and other earnings attributable to   the investment of money in the fund.          (c)  The division may use money in the fund to:                (1)  award grants to political subdivisions in   accordance with this section; and                (2)  pay the necessary and reasonable expenses of   administering the fund and the program.          (d)  The division shall establish and administer a program to   award grants to a political subdivision to improve the response   times of emergency services providers and personnel to 9-1-1   emergency calls.          (e)  The division shall:                (1)  prescribe the manner in which a political   subdivision may apply for a grant under this section; and                (2)  establish eligibility and selection criteria for a   political subdivision to be awarded a grant under this section.          (f)  A political subdivision awarded a grant under this   section may expend the grant proceeds only in accordance with a   contract between the division and the political subdivision.  The   contract must include provisions under which the division is   granted sufficient control to ensure the public purpose of   improving the response times of emergency services providers and   personnel is accomplished and this state receives the return   benefit.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.