85R12388 SCL-D     By: Hall, Perry S.B. No. 2094       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to establishment of the immigration authority delegation   training grant program for local law enforcement agencies.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 4, Government Code, is amended   by adding Chapter 424 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 424.  IMMIGRATION          Sec. 424.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "training   program" means a training program operated by United States   Immigration and Customs Enforcement for training local law   enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration law. The term   includes the immigration authority delegation program and the   immigration authority delegation refresher training program   established under Section 287(g) of the federal Immigration and   Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1357(g)).          Sec. 424.002.  IMMIGRATION DELEGATION TRAINING GRANT   PROGRAM FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.  (a)  The office of the governor   shall develop and maintain a grant program that awards grants for   the expenses incurred by a local law enforcement agency related to   the attendance of a law enforcement officer of the agency in a   training program.          (b)  A local law enforcement agency may apply to the office   of the governor in the form and manner required by the office of the   governor for a grant under the grant program established by this   section. To qualify for a grant, an applicant must:                (1)  apply for preauthorization from the office of the   governor before the law enforcement officer attends the training   program; and                (2)  demonstrate that the law enforcement officer who   will attend the training program:                      (A)  is primarily engaged in making arrests; and                      (B)  meets all of the United States Immigration   and Customs Enforcement officer selection requirements required to   attend the training program.          Sec. 424.003.  GRANT AMOUNT.  If the application for a grant   under the grant program established under this section is approved,   the office of the governor shall issue a grant to the applicant in   the amount of:                (1)  the salary of the law enforcement officer for:                      (A)  four weeks, if the officer attends the basic   training course under the training program; or                      (B)  one week, if the officer attends the   refresher course under the training program;                (2)  the costs incurred by the applicant because of the   officer's absence while the officer is attending the training   program, including overtime pay to another officer to fulfill the   duties of the absent officer; and                (3)  other expenses the office of the governor   considers necessary for the participation in the training program.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.