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Two bills that focus solely on Harris County law enforcement agencies’ contracting and funding advanced to the governor’s desk, two days after being added to the second special session’s agenda.

Currently, sheriffs and constables in Harris County can contract with homeowner associations, school districts and municipal utility districts to provide additional policing for them. Both the county and contracting groups have to sign off on the contract, and they split portions of the cost depending on the amount of time the deputies spend in the area.

The more prominent of the two proposals, House Bill 26 , would allow these law enforcement agencies to enter into su

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