Bill Text: TX HB3753 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county fire marshal to provide fire-related training programs for first responders.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 25-10)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective immediately [HB3753 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3753-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3753 | ||
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| relating to the authority of a county fire marshal to provide | ||
| fire-related training programs for first responders. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 352.019, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 352.019. COOPERATION WITH OTHER FIRE PROTECTION | ||
| AGENCIES; TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 352.019(e), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (e) A county commissioners court may authorize the fire | ||
| marshal to provide training programs relating to fire-fighting and | ||
| fire prevention and operate a training facility for first | ||
| responders [ |
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| the county. The county may establish and collect a reasonable fee | ||
| for the training programs, use of the facility, and services | ||
| provided by the facility. In this subsection, "first responder" has | ||
| the meaning assigned by Section 421.095, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3753 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3753 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
