HB470 - Relating to the responsibility for providing law enforcement and public safety services in the Capitol Complex.

  89R2005 JCG-F     By: Tepper H.B. No. 470       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the responsibility for providing law enforcement and   public safety services in the Capitol Complex.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as the Texas Capitol Public   Safety Protection Act.          SECTION 2.  Section 411.061(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  In this subchapter, "Capitol Complex" means the   following property that is located in Austin, Texas, to the extent   the property is owned by or under the control of the state:                (1)  the area bounded on the north by the inside curb of   Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard, on the east by the outside curb   of Trinity Street, on the south by the outside curb of 10th Street,   and on the west by the outside curb of Lavaca Street;                (2)  the William P. Clements State Office Building   located at 300 West 15th Street; [ and ]                (3)   the area bounded on the north by the outside curb   of 10th Street as described in Subdivision (1), on the east by the   outside curb of Brazos Street, on the south by Lady Bird Lake, and   on the west by the outside curb of Colorado Street; and                 (4)   other locations [ under the jurisdiction of the   capitol police district ] as may be approved by the commission   [ director ].          SECTION 3.  Section 411.062, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a), (d-1), and (f) and adding Subsection   (f-1) to read as follows:          (a)  The department has primary responsibility for law   enforcement and security services within the boundaries of [ on ] the   Capitol Complex.          (d-1)  The director shall adopt rules governing the use of   unmanned aircraft in the Capitol Complex. The rules adopted under   this subsection may:                (1)  prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft in   designated areas of the Capitol Complex; or                (2)  authorize limited use of unmanned aircraft in   designated areas of the Capitol Complex.          (f)  The department and the City of Austin shall execute an   interlocal cooperation agreement that defines the respective   responsibilities of the department and the city for traffic and   parking enforcement , public safety, and general law enforcement   [ security ] in the Capitol Complex, including private property   within the boundaries of the complex.   The city shall exercise the   responsibilities designated to it in the agreement subject to the   direction and supervision of the department.           (f-1)     The agreement must include a formula for calculating   the department's annual cost of providing law enforcement and   public safety services in the Capitol Complex.   Not later than the   30th business day after the last day of each state fiscal year, the   department shall use the formula to calculate the department's cost   for the preceding state fiscal year and report the cost to the   comptroller.          SECTION 4.  Subchapter F, Chapter 321, Tax Code, is amended   by adding Section 321.5027 to read as follows:           Sec.   321.5027.     DISTRIBUTION OF TRUST FUNDS FOR CERTAIN   SERVICES IN CAPITOL COMPLEX. Notwithstanding Section 321.502, the   comptroller may send to the City of Austin the city's share of taxes   collected by the comptroller under this chapter during a state   fiscal year only after the comptroller deducts the amount reported   to the comptroller by the Department of Public Safety under Section   411.062(f-1), Government Code, and credits that deducted amount to   the general revenue fund. Money credited to the general revenue   fund under this subsection may be appropriated only to the   Department of Public Safety.          SECTION 5.  Not later than the 90th day after the effective   date of this Act, the Department of Public Safety and the City of   Austin shall amend the agreement required by Section 411.062,   Government Code, as amended by this Act, as necessary to comply with   this Act.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.