Bill Text: TX HB319 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist fire departments and volunteer fire departments with the purchase of certain equipment and machines.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-19 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB319 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB319-Introduced.html
86R1723 JCG-D | ||
By: King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 319 |
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relating to the creation of a grant program to assist fire | ||
departments and volunteer fire departments with the purchase of | ||
certain equipment and machines. | ||
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. GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall | ||
establish and administer a grant program to provide financial | ||
assistance to a fire department or volunteer fire department | ||
seeking to purchase fire-fighting equipment or a machine to clean | ||
fire-fighting equipment. Any fire department or volunteer fire | ||
department in this state may apply for a grant under this section. | ||
(b) A fire department or volunteer fire department | ||
receiving a grant under this section must, as soon as practicable | ||
after receiving the grant, provide to the commission proof of | ||
purchase of fire-fighting equipment or a machine to clean | ||
fire-fighting equipment, including the price of each piece of | ||
equipment or machine and the number of items purchased. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission | ||
shall submit a report to the Legislative Budget Board reporting the | ||
following information for the preceding state fiscal year: | ||
(1) the name of each fire department and volunteer | ||
fire department that applied for a grant under this section; | ||
(2) the amount of money distributed to each department | ||
that received a grant under this section; and | ||
(3) the number and a description of items purchased by | ||
each department described by Subdivision (2). | ||
(d) The commission may use any revenue available for | ||
purposes of this section. | ||
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, 2019. |