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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the number of hours worked by a part-time fire |
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protection employee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 419.0321(e), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) A part-time fire protection employee may not: |
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(1) work more than 24 hours a week or average more than |
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approximately 24 hours a week during a work cycle, as appropriate, |
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for an employing fire department; or |
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(2) work in duties related to fire suppression more |
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than: |
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(A) 500 hours a year for an employing fire |
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department, except as provided by Paragraph (B); or |
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(B) 1,000 scheduled hours a year for an employing |
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fire department with fewer than 5 full-time firefighters in a |
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municipality that assesses no city property tax [in duties related
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to fire suppression]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 14, 2007. |