TITLE: Relating to appropriating money to the Texas A&M Forest Service to assist volunteer fire departments during the next state fiscal biennium.

SUMMARY: Relating to appropriating money to the Texas A&M Forest Service to assist volunteer fire departments during the next state fiscal biennium.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to appropriating money to the Texas A&M Forest Service to assist volunteer fire departments during the next state fiscal biennium. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. In addition to amounts appropriated to the Texas A&M Forest Service by Senate Bill No. 1, Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, $11,500,000 is appropriated out of general revenue account number 5064, Volunteer Fire Department Assistance, to the service for each of the fiscal years of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, for the purpose of assisting volunteer firefighters in paying for equipment, personnel training, and administration, and for the purpose of staffing and operating costs associated with the Statewide Wildfire Protection Plan. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.