1-1 By: Nelson S.B. No. 1695 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed May 1, 1995; May 2, 1995, read first 1-3 time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; 1-4 May 3, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, 1-5 Nays 0; May 3, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to emergency management. 1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-10 SECTION 1. Subdivision (5), Section 418.004, Government 1-11 Code, is amended to read as follows: 1-12 (5) "Organized volunteer group" means an organization 1-13 such as the American National Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the 1-14 Civil Air Patrol, the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services, a 1-15 volunteer fire department, a volunteer rescue squad, or other 1-16 similar organization recognized by federal or state statute, 1-17 regulation, or memorandum. 1-18 SECTION 2. Section 418.109, Government Code, is amended by 1-19 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-20 (d) A municipality, county, rural fire prevention district, 1-21 emergency services district, fire protection agency, organized 1-22 volunteer group, or other emergency services entity may provide 1-23 mutual aid assistance on request from another municipality, county, 1-24 rural fire prevention district, emergency services district, fire 1-25 protection agency, organized volunteer group, or other emergency 1-26 services entity. The chief or highest ranking officer of the 1-27 entity from which assistance is requested, with the approval and 1-28 consent of the presiding officer of the governing body of that 1-29 entity, may provide that assistance while acting in accordance with 1-30 the policies, ordinances, and procedures established by the 1-31 governing body of that entity and consistent with any mutual aid 1-32 plans developed by the emergency management council. 1-33 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-34 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-35 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-36 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-37 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-38 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-39 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-40 * * * * *