Bill Text: TX HB430 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the criteria and qualifications for distributions under the rural volunteer fire department assistance program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2023-05-25 - Sent to the Governor [HB430 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB430-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 430 |
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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; | ||
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(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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 430 was passed by the House on April | ||
14, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 430 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |