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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to appropriating money to the Texas A&M Forest Service to |
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assist volunteer fire departments during the next state fiscal |
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biennium. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. In addition to amounts appropriated to the Texas |
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A&M Forest Service by Senate Bill No. 1, Acts of the 83rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, $11,500,000 is appropriated |
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out of general revenue account number 5064, Volunteer Fire |
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Department Assistance, to the service for each of the fiscal years |
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of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, for the purpose |
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of assisting volunteer firefighters in paying for equipment, |
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personnel training, and administration, and for the purpose of |
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staffing and operating costs associated with the Statewide Wildfire |
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Protection Plan. |
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SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |