Texas Local Government Code
§ 130.913 — RURAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE SALARY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM
LG § 130.913Title 4. FINANCES · Part B. COUNTY FINANCES · Ch. 130. MISCELLANEOUS FINANCIAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING COUNTIES · Art. Z. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Grant" means a grant authorized to be awarded by the comptroller under the rural prosecutor's office salary assistance grant program established by this section.
(2)"Qualified prosecutor's office" means, in a jurisdiction with a population of 300,000 or less, the office of a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney with criminal prosecution duties.
(b)The comptroller shall establish and administer the rural prosecutor's office salary assistance grant program to support the state purpose of ensuring professional legal representation of the people's interests throughout the state by providing financial assistance to qualified prosecutor's offices.
(c)Not later than the 30th day after the first day of a qualified prosecutor's office's fiscal year, the prosecutor's office may submit an application for a grant to the comptroller. A prosecutor's office may submit only one application each fiscal year.
(d)The comptroller shall award a grant to a qualified prosecutor's office that applies for the grant using money appropriated to the comptroller for that purpose. The grant must be in the following applicable amount:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 370 (S.B. 22), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.