83S20064 CJC-D
By: Simpson H.B. No. 12
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to appropriating money to the Texas A&M Forest Service to
be used to assist volunteer fire departments during the current
state fiscal biennium.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, the amount of
$33,000,000 is appropriated out of general revenue account number
5064, Volunteer Fire Department Assistance, to the Texas A&M Forest
Service for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013, 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 has no effect.