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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to emergency management. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sec. 418.114, Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 2. Sec. 418.115, Government Code, is amended as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 418.115. REQUESTING AND PROVIDING MUTUAL AID |
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ASSISTANCE. (a) A request for mutual aid assistance may be |
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submitted verbally or in writing. If a request is submitted |
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verbally, it must be confirmed in writing not later than the 30th
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day after the date the request was made. |
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SECTION 3. Section 418.1181, Government Code, is amended as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 418.1181. REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS: REQUEST BY LOCAL |
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GOVERNMENT ENTITY. (a) If a local government entity requests |
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mutual aid assistance from another local government entity under |
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the system, and such assistance requires a response exceeding 12 |
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consecutive hours, the requesting local government entity shall |
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reimburse the actual costs of providing mutual aid assistance to |
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the responding local government entity, including costs for |
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personnel, operation and maintenance of equipment, damaged |
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equipment, food, lodging, and transportation, incurred by the |
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responding local government entity in response to a request for |
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reimbursement. Local government entities with a mutual aid |
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agreement when the request for mutual aid assistance is made are |
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subject to the agreement's terms of reimbursement, as provided by |
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Section 418.111. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2013. |