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TX SB330
Bill
Status
4/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joan Huffman
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AI Summary
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Expands existing Texas law requiring voter approval for reductions to county law enforcement agency funding to also cover prosecutors' offices, including district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, and county attorneys with criminal jurisdiction
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Requires counties to hold an election before reducing appropriations to a prosecutor's office when the overall budget stays the same or increases, or before reducing the prosecutor's percentage of the total budget when overall spending decreases
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Mandates voter approval before a county can reallocate funding or resources away from a prosecutor's office to another agency
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Prohibits counties that implement funding cuts without required voter approval from adopting property tax rates above the no-new-revenue rate until the cuts are reversed or approved by voters
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Takes effect January 1, 2026
Legislative Description
Relating to an election to approve a reduction or reallocation of funding or resources for certain county prosecutors' offices.
County Government
Last Action
Committee report sent to Calendars
5/14/2025