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1		-	H.B. No. 4350
	1	+	By: Bohac (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) H.B. No. 4350
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
	3	+	May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
	4	+	Rural Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to public safety answering points operated by emergency
6	12		communications districts.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Section 772.001, Health and Safety Code, is
9	15		amended by adding Subdivision (4-a) to read as follows:
10	16		(4-a) "Emergency services district" means an
11	17		emergency services district created under Chapter 775.
12	18		SECTION 2. Section 772.112(b), Health and Safety Code, is
13	19		amended to read as follows:
14	20		(b) A public safety answering point may transmit emergency
15	21		response requests to private safety entities, with the approval of
16	22		the board and the consent of each participating jurisdiction and
17	23		emergency services district serving the relevant area. A
18	24		participating jurisdiction's or emergency services district's
19	25		consent may be withdrawn at any time.
20	26		SECTION 3. Section 772.212(b), Health and Safety Code, is
21	27		amended to read as follows:
22	28		(b) A public safety answering point may transmit emergency
23	29		response requests to private safety entities, with the approval of
24	30		the board and the consent of each [the] participating jurisdiction
25	31		and emergency services district serving the relevant area. A
26	32		participating jurisdiction's or emergency services district's
27	33		consent may be withdrawn at any time.
28	34		SECTION 4. Section 772.312(b), Health and Safety Code, is
29	35		amended to read as follows:
30	36		(b) A public safety answering point may transmit emergency
31	37		response requests to private safety entities, with the approval of
32	38		the board and the consent of each participating jurisdiction and
33	39		emergency services district serving the relevant area. A
34	40		participating jurisdiction's or emergency services district's
35	41		consent may be withdrawn at any time.
36	42		SECTION 5. Section 772.515(b), Health and Safety Code, is
37	43		amended to read as follows:
38	44		(b) A public safety answering point may transmit emergency
39	45		response requests to private safety entities, with the approval of
40	46		the board and the consent of each participating jurisdiction and
41	47		emergency services district serving the relevant area. A
42	48		participating jurisdiction's or emergency services district's
43	49		consent may be withdrawn at any time.
44	50		SECTION 6. Section 772.614(b), Health and Safety Code, is
45	51		amended to read as follows:
46	52		(b) A public safety answering point may transmit emergency
47	53		response requests to private safety entities, with the [board's]
48	54		approval of the board and the consent of each participating
49	55		jurisdiction and emergency services district serving the relevant
50	56		area. A participating jurisdiction's or emergency services
51	57		district's consent may be withdrawn at any time.
52	58		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
53	59		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
54	60		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
55	61		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
56	62		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
57		-	______________________________ ______________________________
58		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
59		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4350 was passed by the House on May 3,
60		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
61		-	voting.
62		-	______________________________
63		-	Chief Clerk of the House
64		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4350 was passed by the Senate on May
65		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
66		-	______________________________
67		-	Secretary of the Senate
68		-	APPROVED: _____________________
69		-	Date
70		-	_____________________
71		-	Governor
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