| 1 | 1 | | 85R7645 SMT-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Coleman H.B. No. 2211 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the qualifications to serve as an emergency services |
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| 8 | 8 | | commissioner in certain counties. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Sections 775.0355(b) and (c), Health and Safety |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) This section applies only to a district located [wholly |
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| 13 | 13 | | in a county]: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) wholly or partly in a county with a population of |
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| 15 | 15 | | more than three million; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) wholly in a county with a population of more than |
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| 17 | 17 | | 200,000 that borders Lake Palestine; or |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) wholly in a county with a population of less than |
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| 19 | 19 | | 200,000 that borders another state and the Gulf Intracoastal |
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| 20 | 20 | | Waterway. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) A person is disqualified from serving as an emergency |
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| 22 | 22 | | services commissioner if that person: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) is related within the third degree of affinity or |
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| 24 | 24 | | consanguinity to: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (A) a person providing professional services to |
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| 26 | 26 | | the district; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (B) a commissioner of the same district; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (C) a person who is an employee or volunteer of an |
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| 29 | 29 | | emergency services organization that is providing emergency |
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| 30 | 30 | | services to the district, other than an organization providing |
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| 31 | 31 | | emergency services to the district under a mutual aid agreement |
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| 32 | 32 | | under Chapter 418, Government Code; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) is an employee of a commissioner of the same |
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| 34 | 34 | | district, attorney, or other person providing professional |
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| 35 | 35 | | services to the district; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) is serving as an attorney, consultant, or |
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| 37 | 37 | | architect or in some other professional capacity for the district |
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| 38 | 38 | | or an emergency services organization providing emergency services |
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| 39 | 39 | | to the district; or |
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| 40 | 40 | | (4) fails to maintain the qualifications required by |
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| 41 | 41 | | law to serve as a commissioner. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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