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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to liability of certain local emergency management or |
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homeland security organizations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 101.001(1), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Emergency service organization" means: |
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(A) a volunteer fire department, rescue squad, or |
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an emergency medical services provider that is: |
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(i) [(A)] operated by its members; and |
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(ii) [(B)] exempt from state taxes by being |
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listed as an exempt organization under Section 151.310 or 171.083, |
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Tax Code; or |
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(B) a local emergency management or homeland |
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security organization that is: |
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(i) formed and operated as a state resource |
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in accordance with the statewide homeland security strategy |
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developed by the governor under Section 421.002, Government Code; |
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and |
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(ii) responsive to the Texas Division of |
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Emergency Management in carrying out an all-hazards emergency |
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management program under Section 418.112, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |