H.B. No. 1267
AN ACT
relating to changing the name of the Texas Industrial Fire Training
Board to the Texas Industrial Emergency Services Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 775.032(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A business entity is not subject to the ad valorem tax
authorized by this chapter or subject to the district's powers if
the business entity:
(1) provides its own fire prevention and fire control
services and owns or operates fire-fighting equipment or systems
equivalent to or better than standards developed by the National
Fire Protection Association or another nationally recognized
association and for which the business entity receives the
appropriate approval from the Texas Industrial Emergency Services
[Fire Training] Board of the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals'
Association of Texas;
(2) provides and operates its own equipped industrial
ambulance with a licensed driver and provides industrial victim
care by an emergency care attendant trained to provide the
equivalent of ordinary basic life support, as defined by Section
773.003; and
(3) provides ordinary emergency services for the
business entity, such as emergency response, as defined by 29
C.F.R. Sec. 1910.120, rescue, disaster planning, or security
services, as recognized by the Texas Industrial Emergency Services
[Fire Training] Board of the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals'
Association of Texas, and provides the equipment, training, and
facilities necessary to safely handle emergencies and protect the
business entity and its neighbors in the community.
SECTION 2. Section 776.032(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A business entity is not subject to the ad valorem tax
authorized by this chapter or subject to the district's powers if
the business entity:
(1) provides its own fire prevention and fire control
services and owns or operates fire-fighting equipment or systems
equivalent to or better than standards developed by the National
Fire Protection Association or another nationally recognized
association and for which the business entity receives the
appropriate approval from the Texas Industrial Emergency Services
[Fire Training] Board of the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals'
Association of Texas;
(2) provides and operates its own equipped industrial
ambulance with a licensed driver and provides industrial victim
care by an emergency care attendant trained to provide the
equivalent of ordinary basic life support, as defined by Section
773.003; and
(3) provides ordinary emergency services for the
business entity, such as emergency response, as defined by 29
C.F.R. Sec. 1910.120, rescue, disaster planning, or security
services, as recognized by the Texas Industrial Emergency Services
[Fire Training] Board of the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals'
Association of Texas, and provides the equipment, training, and
facilities necessary to safely handle emergencies and protect the
business entity and its neighbors in the community.
SECTION 3. Section 541.201(1), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) "Authorized emergency vehicle" means:
(A) a fire department or police vehicle;
(B) a public or private ambulance operated by a
person who has been issued a license by the Texas Department of
Health;
(C) a municipal department or public service
corporation emergency vehicle that has been designated or
authorized by the governing body of a municipality;
(D) a private vehicle of a volunteer firefighter
or a certified emergency medical services employee or volunteer
when responding to a fire alarm or medical emergency;
(E) an industrial emergency response vehicle,
including an industrial ambulance, when responding to an emergency,
but only if the vehicle is operated in compliance with criteria in
effect September 1, 1989, and established by the predecessor of the
Texas Industrial Emergency Services [Fire Training] Board of the
State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas; or
(F) a vehicle of a blood bank or tissue bank,
accredited or approved under the laws of this state or the United
States, when making emergency deliveries of blood, drugs,
medicines, or organs.
SECTION 4. A reference in another law or an administrative
rule to the Texas Industrial Fire Training Board of the State
Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas means the Texas
Industrial Emergency Services Board of the State Firemen's and Fire
Marshals' Association of Texas.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1267 was passed by the House on March
31, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1267 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor