By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1425
(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2013; March 18, 2013, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0;
April 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1425 By: Hinojosa
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of fire prevention or fire-fighting
services by certain emergency services districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 775.031, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) A district that was formerly a rural fire prevention
district that is not otherwise prohibited by statute from providing
fire prevention or fire-fighting services may provide those
services.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act is a
clarification of existing law and does not imply that existing law
may be construed as inconsistent with the law as amended by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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