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Amend CSSB 9 as follows:
In SECTION 10 of the bill, Section 791.006, Government Code,
strike Subsection (a) and replace it with the following:
(a) If governmental units In the absence of a contract,
under this chapter to if a municipality, county, rural fire
prevention district, emergency services district, fire protection
agency, organized volunteer group, joint board or other emergency
services entity furnishes or obtain the fire or emergency services
to another municipality, county, rural of a fire prevention
district, emergency services district, fire protection agency,
organized volunteer group, joint board or other emergency services
entity, each department, the governmental unit that would have been
is responsible for furnishing the services in the absence of the
contract is responsible its own actions for any civil liability
that arises from the furnishing or obtaining of those services.