H.B. No. 522




AN ACT

relating to the allowable operating expenses of certain 9-1-1 
emergency communication districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 772.217, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 772.217.  ALLOWABLE EXPENSES. Allowable operating 
expenses of a district include all costs attributable to designing 
and operating a 9-1-1 system and costs for related services [to all 
equipment and personnel necessary to establish and operate a public 
safety answering point and other related answering points] that the 
board considers necessary.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 522 was passed by the House on March 
28, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 522 was passed by the Senate on May 1, 
2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor