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By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Estes) |
H.B. No. 3178 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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May 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Agriculture, Rural Affairs, and Homeland Security; May 15, 2013, |
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reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; |
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May 15, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Texas Statewide Mutual Aid System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 418.115(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A request for mutual aid assistance may be submitted |
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verbally or in writing. If a request is submitted verbally, it |
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must be confirmed in writing [not later than the 30th day after the
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date the request was made]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 418.1181(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) If a local government entity requests mutual aid |
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assistance from another local government entity under the system |
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that requires a response that exceeds 12 consecutive hours, the |
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requesting local government entity shall reimburse the actual costs |
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of providing mutual aid assistance to the responding local |
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government entity, including costs for personnel, operation and |
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maintenance of equipment, damaged equipment, food, lodging, and |
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transportation, incurred by the responding local government entity |
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in response to a request for reimbursement. Local government |
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entities with a mutual aid agreement when the request for mutual aid |
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assistance is made are subject to the agreement's terms of |
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reimbursement, as provided by Section 418.111. |
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SECTION 3. Section 418.114, Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. Sections 418.115(a) and 418.1181(a), Government |
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Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to mutual aid assistance |
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requested on or after the effective date of this Act. Mutual aid |
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assistance requested before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the aid was requested, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |
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