Bill Text: TX SB1904 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2013-05-13 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB1904 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1904-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Hegar, Schwertner | S.B. No. 1904 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed April 18, 2013; April 18, 2013, read | ||
| first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs, | ||
| and Homeland Security; April 25, 2013, reported adversely, with | ||
| favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 3, | ||
| Nays 1, 1 present not voting; April 25, 2013, sent to printer.) | ||
| COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1904 | By: Hegar | |
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| relating to the administration of the Texas Commission on Fire | ||
| Protection. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 419, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 419.0021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 419.0021. ADMINISTRATIVE ATTACHMENT. (a) The | ||
| commission is administratively attached to the Texas A&M | ||
| Engineering Extension Service. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the Texas A&M | ||
| Engineering Extension Service shall: | ||
| (1) provide administrative assistance and services to | ||
| the commission, including budget planning and purchasing; | ||
| (2) accept, deposit, and disburse money made available | ||
| to the commission; and | ||
| (3) direct the commission in performing the | ||
| commission's duties assigned by this chapter in a manner that | ||
| reduces certification costs, reduces administrative costs, and | ||
| increases fire fighter access to training, certification, and | ||
| educational resources. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Not later than September 1, 2013, the Texas | ||
| A&M Engineering Extension Service shall begin a comprehensive | ||
| review of the duties of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and | ||
| prepare a report to the legislature detailing a process for | ||
| transferring the functions of the commission to the Texas A&M | ||
| Engineering Extension Service or other appropriate agency. | ||
| (b) The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service shall form a | ||
| committee of stakeholders to assist in the development of the | ||
| report required by Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
| (c) The report required under Subsection (a) of this section | ||
| must: | ||
| (1) identify the essential personnel of the Texas | ||
| Commission on Fire Protection; | ||
| (2) include a timetable for any necessary or advisable | ||
| movement of the physical location of employees or property; | ||
| (3) include an inventory of all equipment and other | ||
| property under the control of the Texas Commission on Fire | ||
| Protection; and | ||
| (4) provide for any unspent appropriations of the | ||
| Texas Commission on Fire Protection. | ||
| (d) The report required by Subsection (a) of this section | ||
| shall be delivered to the legislature not later than September 1, | ||
| 2014. | ||
| SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2013, the powers and | ||
| duties of the executive director of the Texas Commission on Fire | ||
| Protection shall be assumed by the director of the Texas A&M | ||
| Engineering Extension Service--Emergency Services Training | ||
| Institute. | ||
| SECTION 4. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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