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AN ACT
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relating to employment activities of certain emergency response |
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personnel for purposes of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 401, Labor Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 401.026 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 401.026. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN EMERGENCY RESPONSE |
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PERSONNEL. For purposes of this subtitle, the travel of a |
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firefighter or emergency medical personnel en route to an emergency |
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call is considered to be in the course and scope of the |
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firefighter's or emergency medical personnel's employment. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2771 was passed by the House on April |
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28, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2771 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |