Amend CSHB 1831 (Senate committee report) by adding the 
following SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter H, Chapter 660, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 660.209 to read as follows:
	Sec. 660.209.  STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL.  (a)  In 
this section, "emergency services personnel" includes 
firefighters, police officers and other peace officers, emergency 
medical technicians, emergency management personnel, and other 
individuals who are required, in the course and scope of their 
employment, to provide services for the benefit of the general 
public during emergency situations.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or 
the General Appropriations Act, a state employee who is emergency 
services personnel and who is deployed to a temporary duty station 
to conduct emergency or disaster response activities is entitled to 
reimbursement for the actual expense of lodging when there is no 
room available at the state rate within reasonable proximity to the 
employee's temporary duty station.