HB 3476 modifies the definition of population for the purpose of determining eligibility for the rural sheriff’s office, constable’s office, and prosecutor’s office salary assistance grant program. The bill allows annual population estimates from the Texas state demographer to be used instead of relying solely on the federal decennial census. It applies only to counties with a population of 300,000 or less and includes district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, and county attorneys with criminal prosecution duties in eligible jurisdictions​.