| 1 | 1 | | By: Alonzo H.B. No. 2971 |
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| 2 | 2 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2971: |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Alvarado C.S.H.B. No. 2971 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to the regulation of firefighters and fire departments by |
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| 9 | 9 | | the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 419, Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 419.0323 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 419.0323. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN CERTIFICATE |
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| 14 | 14 | | HOLDERS. A person who is a municipal employee may not perform a |
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| 15 | 15 | | duty that is classified as a wildland fire-fighting duty, including |
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| 16 | 16 | | conducting a prescribed burn, unless the person is a permanent, |
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| 17 | 17 | | full-time fire department employee regularly assigned to perform |
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| 18 | 18 | | one or more duties listed under Section 419.021(3)(C), regardless |
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| 19 | 19 | | of whether the person holds a certificate issued by the commission |
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| 20 | 20 | | under this chapter. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 419.909, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 22 | 22 | | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (d) The commission shall adopt and implement rules relating |
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| 24 | 24 | | to the application of this section to a fire department. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. The Texas Commission on Fire Protection shall |
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| 26 | 26 | | adopt the rules required under Section 419.909, Government Code, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | amended by this Act, not later than January 1, 2014. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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