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Amend HB 3660 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter Z, Chapter 419, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 419.910 to read as follows:
Sec. 419.910. CERTAIN REGULATION PROHIBITED. (a) In this section:
(1) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 2103.001.
(2) "Volunteer firefighter" means a member of a volunteer fire department who is not a full-time paid employee.
(b) A state agency may not:
(1) require a volunteer firefighter to obtain a license or certification in order to be a volunteer firefighter; or
(2) require a member of an industrial emergency response team to obtain a license or certification in order to be a member of an industrial emergency response team.