Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 1 - OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Chapter 3 - PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE
Subchapter J - DETERMINATION OF DEFUNDING MUNICIPALITIES
Section 3.9403 - Review Process for Municipal Budgets

Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 3.9403

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) The PSO shall conduct an annual budget review of all municipalities with a population of more than 250,000 following each fiscal year beginning on or after September 1, 2021 to determine whether the municipality potentially qualifies as a defunding municipality because it reduced its appropriation to the municipality's police department in comparison to its preceding fiscal year.

(b) The PSO shall derive the population of municipalities of this state from the most recent census provided by the United States Census Bureau.

(c) The PSO shall base each annual review on data collected from the municipality's publicly available budget, including:

(1) data published and provided by the municipality under Chapter 102, Texas Local Government Code; and

(2) law enforcement agency budget office data.

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