Bill Text: TX SB766 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the licensure or certification of volunteer firefighters and members of industrial emergency response teams.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 21-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB766 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB766-Engrossed.html
By: Hegar | S.B. No. 766 |
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relating to the regulation of volunteer fire departments, volunteer | ||
firefighters, and members of industrial emergency response teams. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 419, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 419.910 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 419.910. STATE REGULATION PROHIBITED. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
2103.001. | ||
(2) "Volunteer firefighter" means a member of a | ||
volunteer fire department who is not a full-time paid employee. | ||
(b) A state agency may not: | ||
(1) regulate a volunteer fire department; | ||
(2) require a volunteer firefighter to obtain a | ||
license or certification in order to be a volunteer firefighter; or | ||
(3) require a member of an industrial emergency | ||
response team to obtain a license or certification in order to be a | ||
member of an industrial emergency response team. | ||
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, 2013. |