Amend HB 3977 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 2, strike lines 4 through 6 and substitute the following:
(3) "Firefighter" means a paid employee of a fire department who performs one or more of the duties described by Section 143.003(4)(A).
(2) On page 3, line 23, between "may" and "modify", insert "request to".
(3) On page 3, line 24, strike "granted under this chapter" and substitute "previously granted by the governing body under Section 174A.051".
(4) On page 4, line 1, immediately before "recognize", insert "determine by majority vote whether to".
(5) On page 8, line 26, between "statutes," and "executive", insert "including Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code,".
(6) On page 8, immediately following line 27, insert the following:
Sec. 174A.109. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN CONTRACT WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT. The governing body of an emergency services district may terminate an agreement made under this chapter if the emergency services district has a loss of total revenue of seven percent or more, compared to the previous district fiscal year, that is associated with:
(1) taxable territory being removed or excluded from the district when the loss in revenue cannot be offset by a property tax increase in the following district fiscal year; or
(2) the district losing the authority to levy a sales tax when the loss in revenue cannot be offset by a property tax increase in the following district fiscal year.