Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 2B.0102 — GRANTS FOR BODY WORN CAMERAS
CR § 2B.0102Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 2B. LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTIONS WITH PUBLIC · Art. C. BODY WORN CAMERA PROGRAM
Statute text
View on source(a)A police department of a municipality in this state, a sheriff of a county in this state who has received the approval of the commissioners court for the purpose, or the department may apply to the governor's office for a grant to defray the cost of implementing this subchapter and to equip peace officers with body worn cameras if that law enforcement agency employs officers who:
(1)engage in traffic or highway patrol or otherwise regularly detain or stop motor vehicles; or
(2)are primary responders who respond directly to calls for assistance from the public.
(b)The governor's office shall set deadlines for applications for grants under this subchapter.
(c)Except as provided by Subsection (d), the governor's office shall create and implement a matching grant program under which matching funds from federal, state, local, and other funding sources may be required as a condition of the grant. A law enforcement agency that receives a grant under this article is required to match 25 percent of the grant money.
(d)The department is eligible for grants under this subchapter but is not subject to any requirement for matching funds.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.