1-1 By: Carter (Senate Sponsor - Carriker) H.B. No. 1674
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 1993;
1-3 May 4, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on Economic
1-4 Development; May 19, 1993, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Parker x
1-9 Lucio x
1-10 Ellis x
1-11 Haley x
1-12 Harris of Dallas x
1-13 Harris of Tarrant x
1-14 Leedom x
1-15 Madla x
1-16 Rosson x
1-17 Shapiro x
1-18 Wentworth x
1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-20 AN ACT
1-21 relating to the participation of appraisal districts in emergency
1-22 communications programs.
1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-24 SECTION 1. Section 771.001, Health and Safety Code, is
1-25 amended to read as follows:
1-26 Sec. 771.001. Definitions. In this chapter:
1-27 (1) "Advisory commission" means the Advisory
1-28 Commission on State Emergency Communications.
1-29 (2) "Emergency communication district" means:
1-30 (A) a public agency or group of public agencies
1-31 acting jointly that provided 9-1-1 service before September 1,
1-32 1987, or that had voted or contracted before that date to provide
1-33 that service; or
1-34 (B) a district created under Subchapter B, C, or
1-35 D, Chapter 772.
1-36 (3) "Intrastate long distance service provider" means
1-37 a telecommunications carrier providing intrastate long distance
1-38 service, as defined by the advisory commission.
1-39 (4) "Local exchange service provider" means a
1-40 telecommunications carrier providing telecommunications service in
1-41 a local exchange service area under a certificate of public
1-42 convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utility Commission
1-43 of Texas.
1-44 (5) "9-1-1 service" means a telecommunications service
1-45 that provides the user of the public telephone system the ability
1-46 to reach a public safety answering point by dialing the digits
1-47 9-1-1.
1-48 (6) "Public agency" means the state, a municipality, a
1-49 county, an emergency communication district, a regional planning
1-50 commission, an appraisal district, or any other political
1-51 subdivision or district that provides, participates in the
1-52 provision of, or has authority to provide fire-fighting, law
1-53 enforcement, ambulance, medical, 9-1-1, or other emergency
1-54 services.
1-55 (7) "Public safety agency" means the division of a
1-56 public agency that provides fire-fighting, police, medical, or
1-57 other emergency services, or a private entity that provides
1-58 emergency medical or ambulance services.
1-59 (8) "Public safety answering point" means a
1-60 continuously operated communications facility that is assigned the
1-61 responsibility to receive 9-1-1 calls and, as appropriate, to
1-62 dispatch public safety services or to extend, transfer, or relay
1-63 9-1-1 calls to appropriate public safety agencies.
1-64 (9) "Regional planning commission" means a commission
1-65 established under Chapter 391, Local Government Code.
1-66 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-67 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-68 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-3 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-4 passage, and it is so enacted.
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2-6 Austin,
2-7 Texas
2-8 May 19, 1993
2-9 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-10 President of the Senate
2-11 Sir:
2-12 We, your Committee on Economic Development to which was referred
2-13 H.B. No. 1674, have had the same under consideration, and I am
2-14 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
2-15 that it do pass and be printed.
2-16 Parker,
2-17 Chairman
2-18 * * * * *
2-19 WITNESSES
2-20 FOR AGAINST ON
2-21 ___________________________________________________________________
2-22 Name: Mary A. Boyd x
2-23 Representing: Adv. Comm. on St. Emergency Commun.
2-24 City: Austin
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2-26 Name: Jim Ray x
2-27 Representing: Councils of Governments
2-28 City: Austin
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