By: VanDeaver (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 430
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 17, 2023;
April 19, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
BettencourtX
SpringerX
EckhardtX
GutierrezX
HallX
NicholsX
ParkerX
PaxtonX
WestX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the criteria and qualifications for distributions under
the rural volunteer fire department assistance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 614.102(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) The director shall:
(1) determine reasonable criteria and qualifications
for the distribution of money from the volunteer fire department
assistance fund, including:
(A) the frequency, size, and severity of past
wildfires in a volunteer fire department's jurisdiction;
(B) the potential for loss or damage to property
resulting from future wildfires in the department's jurisdiction;
[and]
(C) the age of the equipment used by the
department; and
(D) the department's need for emergency
assistance under Section 614.103(a-1); and
(2) establish a procedure for reporting and processing
requests for money from the fund.
SECTION 2. 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, 2023.
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