By: Davis, Gallegos S.B. No. 985
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the lodging expenses of certain state emergency
services personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 660, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 660.209 to read as follows:
Sec. 660.209. STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL. (a) In
this section, "emergency services personnel" includes
firefighters, police officers and other peace officers, emergency
medical technicians, emergency management personnel, and other
individuals who are required, in the course and scope of their
employment, to provide services for the benefit of the general
public during emergency situations.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or
the General Appropriations Act, a state employee who is emergency
services personnel and who is deployed to a temporary duty station
to conduct emergency or disaster response activities is entitled to
reimbursement for the actual expense of lodging when there is no
room available at the state rate within reasonable proximity to the
employee's temporary duty station.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.