| 1 | 1 | | By: Murphy (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 712 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2013, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | 5 | | the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the responsibility for keeping fire-fighting equipment |
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| 11 | 11 | | furnished to a volunteer fire department by a county in good working |
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| 12 | 12 | | order. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 352.005(e), Local Government Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (e) The petitioner [county] shall keep the fire-fighting |
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| 17 | 17 | | equipment in good working order, [and] make all necessary repairs |
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| 18 | 18 | | or replacements, and provide[. The commissioners court shall |
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| 19 | 19 | | determine if a repair or replacement is necessary and shall require |
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| 20 | 20 | | that repair work, including] labor and materials for repairs[, be |
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| 21 | 21 | | provided as much as possible by the court's shops that it |
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| 22 | 22 | | designates]. The commissioners court may provide the petitioner |
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| 23 | 23 | | with at least one emergency unit of fire-fighting equipment to be |
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| 24 | 24 | | used while the regular unit is being repaired or replaced. The |
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| 25 | 25 | | commissioners court may use an available truck or other equipment |
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| 26 | 26 | | if it is unable to acquire a new truck or equipment for the purpose |
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| 27 | 27 | | of building or equipping the fire-fighting equipment. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 29 | 29 | | * * * * * |
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