Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By: Gallegos S.B. No. 929 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to Home-Rule Municipality. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Section 342.011, Local Government Code, is 1-4 amended to read as follows: 1-5 Sec. 342.011. FIRE DEPARTMENT. A home-rule municipality may 1-6 provide for a fire department as defined by Section 419.021(a)(2), 1-7 Texas Government Code. 1-8 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-9 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.