Amend CSSB 1011 (House Committee Report) as follows:
(1) Strike the recital to SECTION 6 of the bill (page 2, lines 5-6) and substitute the following:
Sections 419.004(a) and (e), Government Code, are amended to read
as follows:
(a) The commission is composed of the following 13 members:
(1) two members to be selected from a list of five
names submitted by the Texas Fire Chiefs Association who are chief
officers with a minimum rank that is equivalent to the position
immediately below that of the fire chief and who are employed in
fire departments as defined by Section 419.021 that are under the
jurisdiction of the commission, at least one of whom must be the
head of a fire department and one of whom must be employed by a
political subdivision with a population of less than 100,000
[50,000];
(2) two members to be selected from a list of five
names submitted by the Texas State Association of Fire Fighters who
are fire protection personnel as defined by Section 419.021 with
the rank of battalion chief or below and who are employed in fire
departments or other appropriate local authorities under the
jurisdiction of the commission, one of whom must be employed by a
political subdivision with a population of less than 100,000
[50,000];
(3) two members to be selected from a list of five
names submitted by the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals'
Association of Texas who are volunteer fire chiefs or volunteer
fire fighters;
(4) one certified fire protection engineer;
(5) one certified arson investigator or certified fire
protection inspector;
(6) one fire protection instructor from an institution
of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;
and
(7) four public members.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 419.0082(a), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) In adopting or amending a rule under Section 419.008(a)
or any other law, the commission shall seek the input of the fire
fighter advisory committee and, when appropriate, the funds
allocation advisory committee. The commission shall permit the
appropriate advisory committee to review and comment on any
proposed rule, including a proposed amendment to a rule, before the
rule is adopted. The recommendations of an advisory committee are
subject to modification or rejection by the commission, in the
commission's sole discretion, without the resubmission of the
matter to the advisory committee.
(3) In the recital to SECTION 17 of the bill (page 11, line
9) strike "amending Subsection (e) and".
(4) In SECTION 17 of the bill, strike amended Section
419.023(e), Government Code (page 11, lines 11-16).
(5) In SECTION 31 of the bill, add the following
appropriately lettered subsection and reletter subsequent
subsections accordingly:
(____) Section 419.0082, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies to a rule adopted on or after the effective date
of this Act. A rule adopted before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.