| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 1187 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the membership of the board of managers for certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | emergency communication districts. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 772.306, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (o) In an emergency communication district subject to this |
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| 11 | 11 | | subchapter located entirely in a county with a population of less |
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| 12 | 12 | | than 30,000, the board consists of: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) the appropriate members listed in Subsection (c); |
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| 14 | 14 | | and |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) a peace officer licensed under Chapter 1701, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Occupations Code, appointed by the county sheriff. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. The sheriff of a county to which Section |
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| 18 | 18 | | 772.306(o), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies |
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| 19 | 19 | | shall appoint a peace officer to the board of managers as required |
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| 20 | 20 | | by Section 772.306(o) as soon as practicable after the effective |
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| 21 | 21 | | date of this Act. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 27 | 27 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 29 | 29 | | I certify that H.B. No. 1187 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 31 | 31 | | voting. |
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| 32 | 32 | | ______________________________ |
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| 33 | 33 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 34 | 34 | | I certify that H.B. No. 1187 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 35 | 35 | | 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 36 | 36 | | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 38 | 38 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Date |
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| 40 | 40 | | _____________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Governor |
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