By: VanDeaver (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 430
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 17, 2023;
  April 19, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         BettencourtX
         SpringerX
         EckhardtX
         GutierrezX
         HallX
         NicholsX
         ParkerX
         PaxtonX
         WestX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the criteria and qualifications for distributions under
  the rural volunteer fire department assistance program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 614.102(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  The director shall:
               (1)  determine reasonable criteria and qualifications
  for the distribution of money from the volunteer fire department
  assistance fund, including:
                     (A)  the frequency, size, and severity of past
  wildfires in a volunteer fire department's jurisdiction;
                     (B)  the potential for loss or damage to property
  resulting from future wildfires in the department's jurisdiction;
  [and]
                     (C)  the age of the equipment used by the
  department; and
                     (D)  the department's need for emergency
  assistance under Section 614.103(a-1); and
               (2)  establish a procedure for reporting and processing
  requests for money from the fund.
         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 takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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