By: Murphy (Senate Sponsor - Patrick)	H.B. No. 712
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2013;
	April 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2013, reported favorably by
	the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the responsibility for keeping fire-fighting equipment
	furnished to a volunteer fire department by a county in good working
	order.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 352.005(e), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(e)  The petitioner [county] shall keep the fire-fighting
	equipment in good working order, [and] make all necessary repairs
	or replacements, and provide[. The commissioners court shall
	determine if a repair or replacement is necessary and shall require
	that repair work, including] labor and materials for repairs[, be
	provided as much as possible by the court's shops that it
	designates]. The commissioners court may provide the petitioner
	with at least one emergency unit of fire-fighting equipment to be
	used while the regular unit is being repaired or replaced. The
	commissioners court may use an available truck or other equipment
	if it is unable to acquire a new truck or equipment for the purpose
	of building or equipping the fire-fighting equipment.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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