By: Bohac (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) H.B. No. 4350
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
Rural Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public safety answering points operated by emergency
communications districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 772.001, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subdivision (4-a) to read as follows:
(4-a) "Emergency services district" means an
emergency services district created under Chapter 775.
SECTION 2. Section 772.112(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A public safety answering point may transmit emergency
response requests to private safety entities, with the approval of
the board and the consent of each participating jurisdiction and
emergency services district serving the relevant area. A
participating jurisdiction's or emergency services district's
consent may be withdrawn at any time.
SECTION 3. Section 772.212(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A public safety answering point may transmit emergency
response requests to private safety entities, with the approval of
the board and the consent of each [the] participating jurisdiction
and emergency services district serving the relevant area. A
participating jurisdiction's or emergency services district's
consent may be withdrawn at any time.
SECTION 4. Section 772.312(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A public safety answering point may transmit emergency
response requests to private safety entities, with the approval of
the board and the consent of each participating jurisdiction and
emergency services district serving the relevant area. A
participating jurisdiction's or emergency services district's
consent may be withdrawn at any time.
SECTION 5. Section 772.515(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A public safety answering point may transmit emergency
response requests to private safety entities, with the approval of
the board and the consent of each participating jurisdiction and
emergency services district serving the relevant area. A
participating jurisdiction's or emergency services district's
consent may be withdrawn at any time.
SECTION 6. Section 772.614(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A public safety answering point may transmit emergency
response requests to private safety entities, with the [board's]
approval of the board and the consent of each participating
jurisdiction and emergency services district serving the relevant
area. A participating jurisdiction's or emergency services
district's consent may be withdrawn at any time.
SECTION 7. 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 September 1, 2019.
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