Bill Text: TX HB1958 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the licensure or certification of volunteer firefighters and members of industrial emergency response teams.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-24 - Left pending in committee [HB1958 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1958-Introduced.html
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| By: Springer | H.B. No. 1958 | |
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| relating to the licensure or certification of 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. CERTAIN 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) a full-time paid employee; or | ||
| (B) a part-time fire protection employee | ||
| described by Section 419.0321. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a state agency may | ||
| not: | ||
| (1) require a volunteer firefighter to obtain a | ||
| license or certification in order to be a volunteer firefighter; or | ||
| (2) 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. | ||
| (c) A state agency may require a volunteer firefighter or a | ||
| member of an industrial emergency response team to possess certain | ||
| credentials, as determined by the agency, to participate in | ||
| disaster response or deployments requested by: | ||
| (1) the Texas A&M Forest Service; | ||
| (2) the Department of Public Safety; or | ||
| (3) the Texas Division of Emergency Management. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
