Sec. 109.0035. INITIAL DETERMINATION. In making a determination of whether a municipality is a defunding municipality under Section 109.003 according to the budget adopted for the first fiscal year beginning on or after September 1, 2021, the division shall compare the appropriation to the municipality's police department in that budget to the appropriation to that department in the budget of the preceding fiscal year or the second preceding fiscal year, whichever is greater. This section applies to the budget adopted for the municipality's first fiscal year beginning on or after September 1, 2021, regardless of the date of adoption. This section expires September 1, 2023.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 199 (H.B. 1900), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2021.