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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to approval from the Department of State Health Services |
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for disposal of ambulances purchased with certain grant funds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 773.122, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A grant recipient may not before the fourth |
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anniversary of the date a grant is awarded under Subsection (a) |
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dispose of an ambulance for which the total costs of purchasing the |
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ambulance were paid only from grants awarded under Subsection (a) |
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or Section 780.004(a) unless the grant recipient obtains the |
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department's prior approval. |
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SECTION 2. Section 780.004, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A grant recipient may not before the fourth |
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anniversary of the date a grant is awarded under Subsection (a) |
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dispose of an ambulance for which the total costs of purchasing the |
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ambulance were paid only from grants awarded under Subsection (a) |
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or Section 773.122(a) unless the grant recipient obtains the |
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department's prior approval. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 773.122 and 780.004, Health and Safety |
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Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a grant awarded under |
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those sections on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |