By:  Armbrister                                       S.B. No. 1350
         2001S0740/1                            
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to state agency acquisitions of public safety land mobile
 1-3     two-way radio communications equipment.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 411.0101 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 411.0101.  ACQUISITION OF LAND MOBILE TWO-WAY RADIO
 1-8     COMMUNICATIONS.  The department and each state agency may acquire
 1-9     any public safety land mobile two-way radio communications
1-10     equipment that meets the standards of the Association of Public
1-11     Safety Communications Officials' Project 25 as the standards
1-12     existed on January 1, 2001.
1-13           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-14     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-15     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-16     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-17     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.