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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the lodging expenses of certain state emergency |
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services personnel. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 660, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 660.209 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 660.209. STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL. (a) In |
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this section, "emergency services personnel" includes |
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firefighters, police officers and other peace officers, emergency |
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medical technicians, emergency management personnel, and other |
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individuals who are required, in the course and scope of their |
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employment, to provide services for the benefit of the general |
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public during emergency situations. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or |
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the General Appropriations Act, a state employee who is emergency |
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services personnel and who is deployed to a temporary duty station |
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to conduct emergency or disaster response activities is entitled to |
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reimbursement for the actual expense of lodging when there is no |
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room available at the state rate within reasonable proximity to the |
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employee's temporary duty station. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |