S.B. No. 1560
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to liability of certain local emergency management or
  homeland security organizations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subdivision (1), Section 101.001, Civil Practice
  and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
               (1)  "Emergency service organization" means:
                     (A)  a volunteer fire department, rescue squad, or
  an emergency medical services provider that is:
                           (i) [(A)]  operated by its members; and
                           (ii) [(B)]  exempt from state taxes by being
  listed as an exempt organization under Section 151.310 or 171.083,
  Tax Code; or
                     (B)  a local emergency management or homeland
  security organization that is:
                           (i)  formed and operated as a state resource
  in accordance with the statewide homeland security strategy
  developed by the governor under Section 421.002, Government Code;
  and
                           (ii)  responsive to the Texas Division of
  Emergency Management in carrying out an all-hazards emergency
  management program under Section 418.112, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
  this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         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, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1560 passed the Senate on
  April 29, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1560 passed the House on
  May 25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor