83S10406 CJC-D
By: Simpson H.B. No. 70
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to appropriating money to the Texas A&M Forest Service to
assist volunteer fire departments during the next state fiscal
biennium.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. In addition to amounts appropriated to the Texas
A&M Forest Service by Senate Bill No. 1, Acts of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, $11,500,000 is appropriated
out of general revenue account number 5064, Volunteer Fire
Department Assistance, to the service for each of the fiscal years
of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, for the purpose
of assisting volunteer firefighters in paying for equipment,
personnel training, and administration, and for the purpose of
staffing and operating costs associated with the Statewide Wildfire
Protection Plan.
SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.