Bill Text: TX SB49 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to appropriating money to the Texas A&M Forest Service to be used to assist volunteer fire departments during the current state fiscal biennium.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-21 - Filed [SB49 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB49-Introduced.html
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By: Hegar | S.B. No. 49 |
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relating to appropriating money to the Texas A&M Forest Service to | ||
be used to assist volunteer fire departments during the current | ||
state fiscal biennium. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. In addition to amounts previously appropriated | ||
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, the amount of | ||
$33,000,000 is appropriated out of general revenue account number | ||
5064, Volunteer Fire Department Assistance, to the Texas A&M Forest | ||
Service for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013, for the purpose | ||
of assisting volunteer firefighters in paying for equipment, | ||
personnel training, and administration, and for the purpose of | ||
staffing and operating costs associated with the Statewide Wildfire | ||
Protection Plan. | ||
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 has no effect. |