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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the qualifications to serve as an emergency services |
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commissioner in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 775.0355(b) and (c), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This section applies only to a district located [wholly
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in a county]: |
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(1) wholly or partly in a county with a population of |
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more than three million; |
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(2) wholly in a county with a population of more than |
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200,000 that borders Lake Palestine; or |
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(3) wholly in a county with a population of less than |
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200,000 that borders another state and the Gulf Intracoastal |
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Waterway. |
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(c) A person is disqualified from serving as an emergency |
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services commissioner if that person: |
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(1) is related within the third degree of affinity or |
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consanguinity to: |
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(A) a person providing professional services to |
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the district; |
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(B) a commissioner of the same district; or |
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(C) a person who is an employee or volunteer of an |
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emergency services organization that is providing emergency |
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services to the district, other than an organization providing |
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emergency services to the district under a mutual aid agreement |
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under Chapter 418, Government Code; |
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(2) is an employee of a commissioner of the same |
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district, attorney, or other person providing professional |
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services to the district; |
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(3) is serving as an attorney, consultant, or |
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architect or in some other professional capacity for the district |
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or an emergency services organization providing emergency services |
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to the district; or |
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(4) fails to maintain the qualifications required by |
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law to serve as a commissioner. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |