83S10458 CJC-D
 
  By: Simpson H.B. No. 73
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.