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| 1 | 1 | 85R2611 TSR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Estes S.B. No. 580 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the licensure or certification of volunteer | |
| 8 | 8 | firefighters and members of industrial emergency response teams. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 419, Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 419.910 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 419.910. CERTAIN REGULATION PROHIBITED. (a) In this | |
| 13 | 13 | section: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section | |
| 15 | 15 | 2103.001. | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) "Volunteer firefighter" means a member of a | |
| 17 | 17 | volunteer fire department who is not a full-time paid employee or a | |
| 18 | 18 | part-time fire protection employee under Section 419.0321. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) A state agency may not: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) require a volunteer firefighter to obtain a | |
| 21 | 21 | license or certification in order to be a volunteer firefighter; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) require a member of an industrial emergency | |
| 23 | 23 | response team to obtain a license or certification in order to be a | |
| 24 | 24 | member of an industrial emergency response team. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |