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	Amend Amendment No. 1 by McReynolds to CSSB 1011 by adding the 
following Section to the McReynolds amendment:
	SECTION ____.  (a)  The legislature shall establish a joint 
interim committee to examine the feasibility and desirability of 
consolidating and expanding functions relating to volunteer 
firefighters and volunteer fire departments with the Texas Fire 
Protection Agency.  The committee is composed of:
		(1)  five members of the house of representatives 
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one of 
whom must be the chair of the standing house committee with 
oversight of the Texas Fire Protection Agency; and
		(2)  five members of the senate appointed by the 
lieutenant governor, one of whom must be the chair of the standing 
senate committee with oversight of the Texas Fire Protection 
Agency.
	(b)  The speaker and the lieutenant governor shall jointly 
select the presiding officer and assistant presiding officer of the 
committee from among the committee members.  The committee may 
designate other officers as the committee considers appropriate.
	(c)  The study shall address:                                                  
		(1)  transferring the Rural Volunteer Fire Department 
Assistance Program under Subchapter G, Chapter 614, Government 
Code, from the Texas Forest Service of The Texas A&M University 
System to the Texas Fire Protection Agency;
		(2)  establishing minimum educational and training 
standards for volunteer firefighters, including a system of 
certification, proficiency examinations, and continuing education 
requirements;
		(3)  adopting a uniform curriculum for volunteer 
firefighters and approving courses for that curriculum;
		(4)  providing educational and other assistance to 
volunteer fire departments and volunteer firefighters;
		(5)  establishing standards for volunteer fire 
departments and monitoring compliance with those standards; and
		(6)  establishing and enforcing uniform statewide 
firefighter safety standards for the safety of firefighters and the 
general public.
	(d)  Not later than January 1, 2011, the joint interim 
committee shall report its findings to the governor, the lieutenant 
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the 
standing committees of the house and senate with oversight of the 
Texas Fire Protection Agency.