H.B. No. 4350
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consent may be withdrawn at any time.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consent may be withdrawn at any time.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consent may be withdrawn at any time.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consent may be withdrawn at any time.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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4350 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4350 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor