By Uher                                                H.B. No. 613
          Substitute the following for H.B. No. 613:
          By Hill                                            C.S.H.B. No. 613
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the composition and functions of the Commission on Fire
    1-3  Protection.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 419.023(c), Government Code, is amended
    1-6  to read as follows:
    1-7        (c)  The committee periodically shall review commission rules
    1-8  relating to fire protection personnel and fire departments and
    1-9  recommend changes in the rules to the commission.  Notwithstanding
   1-10  Section 5(f), Administrative Procedure and Texas Register Act
   1-11  (Article 6252-13a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), the commission
   1-12  shall submit all proposed changes and additions to the rules that
   1-13  relate to fire protection personnel and fire departments to the
   1-14  committee for development.  During the first meeting at which the
   1-15  commission considers any committee recommendations, the commission
   1-16  may adopt, reject, or take no action on the recommendations of the
   1-17  committee.  At any subsequent meeting, the commission may adopt,
   1-18  modify, or reject the recommendations made by the committee.  <If
   1-19  the commission does not approve a rule developed by the committee,
   1-20  the commission shall indicate to the committee the reasons that the
   1-21  commission did not approve the rule and return the rule to the
   1-22  committee for further development.>
   1-23        SECTION 2.  Section 419.072(c), Government Code, is amended
   1-24  to read as follows:
    2-1        (c)  The committee shall develop and recommend to the
    2-2  commission for approval the rules of the program under this
    2-3  subchapter.  The committee periodically shall review commission
    2-4  rules relating to the commission's program under this subchapter
    2-5  and recommend changes in the rules to the commission.
    2-6  Notwithstanding Section 5(f), Administrative Procedure and Texas
    2-7  Register Act (Article 6252-13a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), the
    2-8  commission shall submit all proposed rules and all proposed changes
    2-9  and additions to the rules that relate to the program under this
   2-10  subchapter to the committee for development.  During the first
   2-11  meeting at which the commission considers any committee
   2-12  recommendations, the commission may adopt, reject, or take no
   2-13  action on the recommendations of the committee.  At any subsequent
   2-14  meeting, the commission may adopt, modify, or reject the
   2-15  recommendations made by the committee.  <If the commission does not
   2-16  approve a rule developed by the committee, the commission shall
   2-17  indicate to the committee the reasons that the commission did not
   2-18  approve the rule and return the rule to the committee for further
   2-19  development.>
   2-20        SECTION 3.  Section 417.0041(b), Government Code, is amended
   2-21  to read as follows:
   2-22        (b)  Each council periodically shall review commission rules
   2-23  implementing the article under which the council was established
   2-24  and recommend changes in the rules to the commission.
   2-25  Notwithstanding Section 5(f), Administrative Procedure and Texas
   2-26  Register Act (Article 6252-13a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), the
   2-27  commission shall submit all changes and additions to rules that
    3-1  implement the article under which an advisory council was
    3-2  established to that council for development.  During the first
    3-3  meeting at which the commission considers any committee
    3-4  recommendations, the commission may adopt, reject, or take no
    3-5  action on the recommendations of the committee.  At any subsequent
    3-6  meeting, the commission may adopt, modify, or reject the
    3-7  recommendations made by the committee.  <If the commission does not
    3-8  approve a rule developed by the council, the commission shall
    3-9  indicate to the council the reasons that the commission did not
   3-10  approve the rule and return the rule to the council for further
   3-11  development.>
   3-12        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
   3-13  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   3-14  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   3-15  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   3-16  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.