By Bailey H.B. No. 3725 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to minimum staffing for fire apparatus in certain fire 1-3 departments. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 143, Local Government Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 143.1053 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 143.0153. MINIMUM STAFFING FOR FIRE APPARATUS. Each 1-8 Engine, Ladder Truck and Rescue Truck placed in operation by the 1-9 fire department during a shift will be staffed with a minimum of 1-10 two (2) fire fighters in the lowest level non-probationary fire 1-11 fighter classification; one fire fighter in the second lowest 1-12 non-probationary fire fighter classification; and one fire fighter 1-13 in the third lowest non-probationary fire fighter classification 1-14 for Engines and one fire fighter in the fourth lowest 1-15 non-probationary fire fighter classification for Ladder Trucks and 1-16 Rescue Trucks. 1-17 SECTION 2. This act takes effect on September 1, 1999. 1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force according to its 2-3 terms, and it is so enacted.