Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 2.137. Provision Of Funding Or Equipment

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Art. 2.137. PROVISION OF FUNDING OR EQUIPMENT.  (a) The 
Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules for providing funds 
or video and audio equipment to law enforcement agencies for the 
purpose of installing video and audio equipment as described by 
Article 2.135(a)(1)(A), including specifying criteria to 
prioritize funding or equipment provided to law enforcement 
agencies.  The criteria may include consideration of tax effort, 
financial hardship, available revenue, and budget surpluses.  The 
criteria must give priority to:
	(1)  law enforcement agencies that employ peace officers 
whose primary duty is traffic enforcement;
	(2)  smaller jurisdictions;  and                                               
	(3)  municipal and county law enforcement agencies.                            
	(b)  The Department of Public Safety shall collaborate with 
an institution of higher education to identify law enforcement 
agencies that need funds or video and audio equipment for the 
purpose of installing video and audio equipment as described by 
Article 2.135(a)(1)(A).  The collaboration may include the use of a 
survey to assist in developing criteria to prioritize funding or 
equipment provided to law enforcement agencies.
	(c)  To receive funds or video and audio equipment from the 
state for the purpose of installing video and audio equipment as 
described by Article 2.135(a)(1)(A), the governing body of a county 
or municipality, in conjunction with the law enforcement agency 
serving the county or municipality, shall certify to the Department 
of Public Safety that the law enforcement agency needs funds or 
video and audio equipment for that purpose. 
	(d)  On receipt of funds or video and audio equipment from 
the state for the purpose of installing video and audio equipment as 
described by Article 2.135(a)(1)(A), the governing body of a county 
or municipality, in conjunction with the law enforcement agency 
serving the county or municipality, shall certify to the Department 
of Public Safety that the law enforcement agency has installed 
video and audio equipment as described by Article 2.135(a)(1)(A) 
and is using the equipment as required by Article 2.135(a)(1).

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 947, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.           

Last modified: August 10, 2007