For the Rural Sheriff’s Office Salary Assistance Grant Program and the Rural Constable’s Office Salary Assistance Grant Program, the county judge must apply for the grants on behalf of the offices. For the Rural Prosecutor’s Office Salary Assistance Grant Program, the prosecutor (county attorney, district attorney, criminal district attorney or county and district attorney) must apply for the grant for their own respective office.
The grant application requires the following information:
In addition, for constable’s offices:
For initial implementation of the program, all eligible counties were eligible to apply for grant funds in Jan. 2024, regardless of a particular county’s fiscal start date. If a county has encumbrances for fiscal 2024 salaries before receiving SB 22 grant funding, the county will be able to backfill its budgeted funds over the months leading up to disbursement of grant funds. It was up to the county whether to adjust law enforcement salaries at the start of its fiscal year or to wait until grant funds are awarded to the county to adjust salaries.
After the first year of the program, a qualified county or prosecutor’s office must apply for the grant starting 60 days prior to the beginning of the entity’s fiscal year and not later than 30 days after the first day of its fiscal year.
By law, failure to file during the 90-day application period would require a qualified county or prosecutor’s office to wait until its next fiscal year to apply.
Application notices will be sent by email to county judges to complete for the sheriff’s office and constable’s office. For prosecutor’s offices, the application notice will be sent to the county attorney, criminal district attorney, district attorney and district and county attorney.
Application and Compliance Report Oct. 1 Fiscal Year Start |
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Opening Date | Aug. 2 |
Closing Date | Oct. 31 |
Application and Compliance Report Jan. 1 Fiscal Year Start |
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Opening Date | Nov. 2 |
Closing Date | Jan. 31 |
Counties and prosecutor’s offices that receive a grant must submit a compliance report at the end of their fiscal year. The compliance report will be electronic and will include information to help the Comptroller’s office determine whether the funds were spent on authorized expenses.
Any additional information requested by the Comptroller’s office must be submitted by the grant recipient within 14 calendar days of the request.
The compliance report will include:
The compliance report will include:
The compliance report will include:
Contact us with questions about the SB22 program.
For additional information, contact the Data Analysis and Transparency Division via email or at 844-519-5672.