By: Phillips H.B. No. 3178
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to emergency management.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sec. 418.114, Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 2. Sec. 418.115, Government Code, is amended as
follows:
Sec. 418.115. REQUESTING AND PROVIDING MUTUAL AID
ASSISTANCE. (a) A request for mutual aid assistance may be
submitted verbally or in writing. If a request is submitted
verbally, it must be confirmed in writing not later than the 30th
day after the date the request was made.
SECTION 3. Section 418.1181, Government Code, is amended as
follows:
Sec. 418.1181. REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS: REQUEST BY LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ENTITY. (a) If a local government entity requests
mutual aid assistance from another local government entity under
the system, and such assistance requires a response exceeding 12
consecutive hours, the requesting local government entity shall
reimburse the actual costs of providing mutual aid assistance to
the responding local government entity, including costs for
personnel, operation and maintenance of equipment, damaged
equipment, food, lodging, and transportation, incurred by the
responding local government entity in response to a request for
reimbursement. Local government entities with a mutual aid
agreement when the request for mutual aid assistance is made are
subject to the agreement's terms of reimbursement, as provided by
Section 418.111.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.