Bill Text: TX HB1510 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of certain functions related to emergency services districts from the Department of Agriculture to the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1510 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1510-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of certain functions related to emergency services districts from the Department of Agriculture to the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1510 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1510-Introduced.html
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By: Isaac | H.B. No. 1510 |
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relating to the transfer of certain functions related to emergency | ||
services districts from the Department of Agriculture to the | ||
Department of State Health Services and the Texas Commission on | ||
Fire Protection. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 419.904, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 419.904. [ |
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DISTRICTS. The commission may [ |
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(1) to emergency services districts technical | ||
assistance on request [ |
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advice on the efficient and effective provision of fire protection | ||
within a district; | ||
(2) to fire departments in rural areas information | ||
relating to assistance programs offered to rural volunteer | ||
firefighters, including the federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and | ||
Emergency Response grant program to help fire departments increase | ||
staffing and deployment capabilities; and | ||
(3) to rural homeowners information relating to the | ||
benefits of volunteer fire departments, including a reduction in | ||
homeowners insurance risk ratings, lower homeowners insurance | ||
rates, and better fire protection. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 12, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 12.021 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.021. EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT PROGRAM. The | ||
department shall serve as a resource to provide interested rural | ||
communities with: | ||
(1) general information about emergency services | ||
districts; and | ||
(2) information and training related to the | ||
establishment of an emergency services district. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 775.083(a), (b), and (c), Health and | ||
Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) On or before January 1 of each year, a district shall | ||
file with the [ |
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(1) the district's name; | ||
(2) the name of each county in which the district is | ||
located; | ||
(3) the district's business address; | ||
(4) the name, mailing address, and term of office of | ||
each commissioner; | ||
(5) the name, mailing address, and term of office of | ||
the district's general manager, executive director, and fire chief; | ||
(6) the name of each legal counsel or other consultant | ||
for the district; and | ||
(7) the district's annual budget and tax rate for the | ||
preceding fiscal year. | ||
(b) The [ |
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(c) The [ |
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enables: | ||
(1) a district to securely file the report and update | ||
the district's information; and | ||
(2) the public to view, in a searchable format, the | ||
reports filed by districts under this section. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 487.061, Government Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
775.083, Health and Safety Code, applies only to an annual report | ||
due on or after January 1, 2019. An annual report due before | ||
January 1, 2019, is governed by the law as it existed immediately | ||
before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |