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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of fire prevention or fire-fighting |
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services by certain emergency services districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 775.031, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A district that was formerly a rural fire prevention |
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district that is not otherwise prohibited by statute from providing |
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fire prevention or fire-fighting services may provide those |
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services. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act is a |
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clarification of existing law and does not imply that existing law |
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may be construed as inconsistent with the law as amended by this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1425 passed the Senate on |
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April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1425 passed the House on |
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May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |