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Relating to the denial of state funds to a local entity
Sponsored by the Senate State Government Committee
Topics:State budgetCities & countiesPublic safety & emergencies
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 16, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 16, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 24, 2021
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 10, 202141–7
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Local governments could lose their state funding if they cut the budget for their law enforcement agencies. To avoid this, the local government must either cut its overall budget by the same amount or provide a written explanation to the state for the change. These rules do not apply to money specifically meant for law enforcement purposes.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the denial of state funds to a local entity. The bill provides that a local entity, including any entity under the jurisdiction of the local entity, shall be ineligible to receive any state funds if the local entity reduces the budget of their law enforcement agency unless the total budget of the local entity is reduced by an equal or larger percentage or the local entity provides sufficient justification for the reduction. A local entity may submit written justification to the department of management for any reductions in the local entity’s law enforcement budget. Sufficient justification may include: reductions related to one-time capital or one-time equipment or vehicle purchases in the prior fiscal year; reductions related to lower personnel cost of law enforcement personnel due only to lower cost entry-level law enforcement personnel replacing prior law enforcement personnel; reductions due to the merging or consolidation of jail services or communications and dispatch services or the merging of law enforcement agencies; and reductions due to reduced population in a jurisdiction served by a law enforcement agency. State funds shall be denied to a local entity by all state agencies for each state fiscal year that begins after the fiscal year in which the law enforcement agency’s budget is reduced.31. State funds for law enforcement purposes shall not be denied. The department of management is directed to adopt rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A to implement the provisions of the bill.2 defines “state funds” as any and all moneys appropriated by the legislature, or money collected by or for the state, or an agency thereof, pursuant to authority granted by any of its laws.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 16, 2021 (as SSB 1203). Meeting: Monday, February 22 · 4:30 PM · 217 Conference Room.
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