Sec. 771.156. FUNDING OF PILOT PROJECT. (a) Money collected under Section 771.072(f) may be appropriated to the commission to fund the pilot project.

(b) The center may seek grants to fund the pilot project.

(c) A political subdivision with a trauma facility that participates in the pilot project may pay part of the costs of the pilot project.

(d) If a sufficient number of political subdivisions in a region that may be served by the pilot project agree to pay the center an amount that together with other funding received under this section is sufficient to fund the pilot project for the region, the center shall:

(1) contract with the political subdivisions for each to pay an appropriate share of the cost; and

(2) implement the project for the region when the amounts agreed to in the contracts and any other funding received under this section are sufficient to fund the project for the region.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 457 (H.B. 479), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2015.