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78R3243 DRH-D

By:  Lewis                                                        H.B. No. 522



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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 
a 9-1-1 system and 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.  Costs 
of personnel necessary to operate a public safety answering point 
are not allowable operating expenses of a district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.