reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
TX Health & Safety Code § 772.615 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 772 - Local Administration of Emergency Communications|Subchapter H. Regional Emergency Communication Districts: State Planning Regions With 9-1-1 Population Served Less Than 1.5 Million|Section 772.615. 9-1-1 Emergency Service Fee

Sec. 772.615.  9-1-1 EMERGENCY SERVICE FEE.  (a)  The board may impose a 9-1-1 emergency service fee on service users in the district.(b)  The fee may be imposed only on the base rate charge or the charge's equivalent, excluding charges for coin-operated telephone equipment.  The fee may not be imposed on:(1)  more than 100 local exchange access lines or the lines' equivalent for a single business entity at a single location, unless the lines are used by residents of the location; or(2)  any line that the Commission on State Emergency Communications has excluded from the definition of a local exchange access line or equivalent local exchange access line under Section 771.063.(c)  If a business service user provides residential facilities, each line that terminates at a residential unit and is a communication link equivalent to a residential local exchange access line shall be charged the 9-1-1 emergency service fee.  The fee must have uniform application throughout the district and be imposed in each participating county or municipality in the district.(d)  The amount of the fee may not exceed 50 cents per month for each line.(e)  The board shall set the amount of the fee each year as part of the annual budget.  The board shall notify each service supplier of a change in the amount of the fee not later than the 91st day before the date the change takes effect.(f)  In imposing the fee, the board shall attempt to match the district's revenues to the district's operating expenditures, including the current and planned expenditures for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of 9-1-1 emergency services in accordance with the district's approved annual budget and operating policies.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 1108), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 772.617 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 772 - Local Administration of Emergency Communications|Subchapter H. Regional Emergency Communication Districts: State Planning Regions With 9-1-1 Population Served Less Than 1.5 Million|Section 772.617. District Depository

Sec. 772.617.  DISTRICT DEPOSITORY.  The board shall select a depository for the district in the manner provided by law.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 1108), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 772.618 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 772 - Local Administration of Emergency Communications|Subchapter H. Regional Emergency Communication Districts: State Planning Regions With 9-1-1 Population Served Less Than 1.5 Million|Section 772.618. Allowable Expenses

Sec. 772.618.  ALLOWABLE EXPENSES.  A district's allowable operating expenses include all costs attributable to designing a 9-1-1 system and all equipment and personnel necessary to establish and maintain a public safety answering point and other related operations that the board considers necessary.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 1108), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 772.619 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 772 - Local Administration of Emergency Communications|Subchapter H. Regional Emergency Communication Districts: State Planning Regions With 9-1-1 Population Served Less Than 1.5 Million|Section 772.619. Number and Location Identification

Sec. 772.619.  NUMBER AND LOCATION IDENTIFICATION.  (a)  As part of 9-1-1 service, a service supplier shall furnish, for each call, the telephone number of the subscriber and the address associated with the number.(b)  A business service user that provides residential facilities and owns or leases a publicly or privately owned telephone switch used to provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to those residential end users the same level of 9-1-1 service that a service supplier is required to provide under Subsection (a) to other residential end users in the district.(c)  Information furnished under this section is confidential and is not available for public inspection.(d)  A service supplier or business service user under Subsection (b) may not be held liable to a person who uses a 9-1-1 system created under this subchapter for the release to the district of the information specified in Subsections (a) and (b).|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 1108), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 772.620 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 772 - Local Administration of Emergency Communications|Subchapter H. Regional Emergency Communication Districts: State Planning Regions With 9-1-1 Population Served Less Than 1.5 Million|Section 772.620. Public Review

Sec. 772.620.  PUBLIC REVIEW.  (a)  Periodically, the board shall solicit public comments and hold a public review hearing on the continuation of the district and the 9-1-1 emergency service fee.  The first hearing shall be held on or before the third anniversary of the date of the district's creation.  Subsequent hearings shall be held on or before the third anniversary of the date each resolution required by Subsection (c) is adopted.(b)  The board shall publish notice of the time and place of a hearing once a week for two consecutive weeks in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in the district.  The first notice must be published not later than the 16th day before the date set for the hearing.(c)  After the hearing, the board shall adopt a resolution on the continuation or dissolution of the district and the 9-1-1 emergency service fee.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 1108), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 772.621 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 772 - Local Administration of Emergency Communications|Subchapter H. Regional Emergency Communication Districts: State Planning Regions With 9-1-1 Population Served Less Than 1.5 Million|Section 772.621. Dissolution Procedures

Sec. 772.621.  DISSOLUTION PROCEDURES.  (a)  If a district is dissolved, 9-1-1 service must be discontinued in compliance with the district's policies and bylaws and must be administered in accordance with Chapter 771.(b)  The regional planning commission for the district's 9-1-1 region shall assume the district's assets, provide 9-1-1 service, and pay the district's debts.  If the district's assets are insufficient to retire all existing debts of the district on the date of dissolution, the regional planning commission shall continue to impose the 9-1-1 emergency service fee in compliance with Section 772.615, and each service supplier shall continue to collect the fee for the regional planning commission.  Proceeds from the imposition of the fee by the regional planning commission after dissolution of the district may be used only to retire the outstanding debts of the district.(c)  The regional planning commission shall retire the district's debts to the extent practicable according to the terms of the instruments creating the debts and the terms of the resolutions authorizing creation of the debts.(d)  The governing body of the regional planning commission for the district's 9-1-1 region may adopt rules necessary to administer this section.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 1108), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 772.622 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 772 - Local Administration of Emergency Communications|Subchapter H. Regional Emergency Communication Districts: State Planning Regions With 9-1-1 Population Served Less Than 1.5 Million|Section 772.622. Transfer of Assets

Sec. 772.622.  TRANSFER OF ASSETS.  If a district is established under this subchapter, the regional planning commission for the 9-1-1 region in which the district is established may transfer to the district any land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets acquired by the regional planning commission in relation to the provision of 9-1-1 service in accordance with Chapter 771.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 1108), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.001. Short Title

Sec. 773.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Emergency Health Care Act.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 299 (S.B. 330), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.002. Purpose

Sec. 773.002.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the prompt and efficient transportation of sick and injured patients, after necessary stabilization, and to encourage public access to that transportation in each area of the state.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.004. Vehicles and Personnel Excluded From Chapter

Sec. 773.004.  VEHICLES AND PERSONNEL EXCLUDED FROM CHAPTER.(a)  This chapter does not apply to:(1)   air transfer that does not advertise as an ambulance service and that is not licensed by the department;(2)  the use of ground or air transfer vehicles to transport sick or injured persons in a casualty situation that exceeds the basic vehicular capacity or capability of emergency medical services providers in the area;(3)  an industrial ambulance; or(4)  a physician, registered nurse, or other health care practitioner licensed by this state unless the health care practitioner staffs an emergency medical services vehicle regularly.(b)  In this section, "industrial ambulance" means a vehicle owned and operated by an industrial facility that is not available for hire or use by the public except to assist the local community in a disaster or when existing ambulance service is not available, and includes a ground vehicle at an industrial site used:(1)  for the initial transportation or transfer of the unstable urgently sick or injured;  or(2)  to transport from the job site to an appropriate medical facility a person who becomes sick, injured, wounded, or otherwise incapacitated in the course of employment.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 240, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 376, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 305 (S.B. 521), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1034 (H.B. 1126), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268 (S.B. 10), Sec. 14(a), eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.0045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.0045. Temporary Exemptions for Emergency Medical Services Personnel Practicing in Rural Area

Sec. 773.0045.  TEMPORARY EXEMPTIONS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL PRACTICING IN RURAL AREA.  (a)  In this section, "rural area" means:(1)  a county with a population of 50,000 or less;  or(2)  a relatively large, isolated, and sparsely populated area in a county with a population of more than 50,000.(b)  The department on a case-by-case basis may temporarily exempt emergency medical services personnel who primarily practice in a rural area from a requirement imposed either by Section 773.050 or 773.055 or by a department rule adopted under Section 773.050 or 773.055 if specific circumstances that affect the rural area served by the emergency medical services personnel justify the exemption.  The department may temporarily exempt the emergency medical services personnel from a requirement imposed:(1)  by a department rule adopted under Section 773.050 or 773.055 only if the department finds that, under the circumstances, imposing the requirement would not be in the best interests of the people in the rural area who are served by the emergency medical services personnel; and(2)  by Section 773.050 or 773.055 only if the department finds that, under the circumstances, there is a substantial risk that imposing the requirement will detrimentally affect the health or safety of one or more persons in the affected rural area or hinder the ability of emergency medical services personnel who practice in the area to alleviate a threat to the health or safety of one or more persons in the area.(c)  The exemption must be in writing, include the findings required by Subsection (b), and expire at a stated time.  The written findings must be accompanied by a concise and explicit statement that specifically describes the circumstances that support the finding.(d)  In granting the exemption, the department in writing must require the affected emergency medical services personnel or the appropriate emergency medical services provider to adopt a written plan under which the applicable requirement will be met as soon as possible.(e)  A temporary exemption under this section may allow emergency medical services personnel who are applicants for certification at a higher level of training to temporarily practice at the higher level.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 848, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1512, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.006. Fund for Emergency Medical Services, Trauma Facilities, and Trauma Care Systems

Sec. 773.006.  FUND FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, TRAUMA FACILITIES, AND TRAUMA CARE SYSTEMS.  (a)  The fund for emergency medical services, trauma facilities, and trauma care systems is established as an account in the general revenue fund.  Money in the account may be appropriated only to the department for the purposes specified by Section 773.122.(b)  The account is composed of money deposited to the account under Article 102.0185, Code of Criminal Procedure.(c)  Section 404.071, Government Code, does not apply to the account.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1213, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1513, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.007. Supervision of Emergency Prehospital Care

Sec. 773.007.  SUPERVISION OF EMERGENCY PREHOSPITAL CARE.  (a)  The provision of advanced life support must be under medical supervision and a licensed physician's control.(b)  The provision of basic life support may be under medical supervision and a licensed physician's control.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.008. Consent for Emergency Care

Sec. 773.008.  CONSENT FOR EMERGENCY CARE.  Consent for emergency care of an individual is not required if:(1)  the individual is:(A)  unable to communicate because of an injury, accident, or illness or is unconscious;  and(B)  suffering from what reasonably appears to be a life-threatening injury or illness; (2)  a court of record orders the treatment of an individual who is in an imminent emergency to prevent the individual's serious bodily injury or loss of life;  or(3)  the individual is a minor who is suffering from what reasonably appears to be a life-threatening injury or illness and whose parents, managing or possessory conservator, or guardian is not present.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.009. Limitation on Civil Liability

Sec. 773.009.  LIMITATION ON CIVIL LIABILITY.  A person who authorizes, sponsors, supports, finances, or supervises the functions of emergency room personnel and emergency medical services personnel is not liable for civil damages for an act or omission connected with training emergency medical services personnel or with services or treatment given to a patient or potential patient by emergency medical services personnel if the training, services, or treatment is performed in accordance with the standard of ordinary care.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.011. Subscription Programs

Sec. 773.011.  SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAMS.  (a)  An emergency medical services provider may create and operate a subscription program to fund and provide emergency medical services.(b)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules establishing minimum standards for the creation and operation of a subscription program.(c)  The executive commissioner shall adopt a rule that requires an emergency medical services provider to secure a surety bond in the amount of sums to be subscribed before soliciting subscriptions and creating and operating a subscription program.  The surety bond must be issued by a company that is licensed by or eligible to do business in this state.(d)  The executive commissioner may adopt rules for waiver of the surety bond.(e)  The Insurance Code does not apply to a subscription program established under this section.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 242, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 915, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1514, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.013. Peer Assistance Program

Sec. 773.013.  PEER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.  The department may establish, approve, and fund a peer assistance program in accordance with Section 467.003 and department rules.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 874, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1516, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.015. Identification of Certain Patients Receiving Emergency Prehospital Care

Sec. 773.015.  IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN PATIENTS RECEIVING EMERGENCY PREHOSPITAL CARE.  Emergency medical services personnel or emergency room medical or admissions personnel may take the thumbprint of a person who receives emergency prehospital care if the person:(1)  does not possess personal identification at the time the care is administered;(2)  is unconscious;(3)  is transported across the Texas-Mexico border by ambulance or helicopter while receiving emergency prehospital care; and(4)  is delivered to a hospital that has digital fingerprinting capabilities.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 517 (H.B. 805), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.016. Duties of Emergency Medical Services Personnel; Certain Emergency Prehospital Care Situations

Sec. 773.016.  DUTIES OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL; CERTAIN EMERGENCY PREHOSPITAL CARE SITUATIONS.  (a)  In this section, "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" has the meaning assigned by Section 166.002.(b)  Emergency medical services personnel who are providing emergency prehospital care to a person are subject to Chapter 166, including Section 166.102.(c)  If a person's personal physician is present and assumes responsibility for the care of the person under the applicable requirements of Chapter 197, Title 22, Texas Administrative Code, while the person is receiving emergency prehospital care, the physician may order the termination of cardiopulmonary resuscitation only if, based on the physician's professional medical judgment, the physician determines that resuscitation should be discontinued.(d)  If a person's personal physician is not present or does not assume responsibility for the care of the person while the person is receiving emergency prehospital care, the emergency medical services system's medical director or online physician:(1)  shall be responsible for directing the emergency medical services personnel who are providing emergency prehospital care to the person; and(2)  may order the termination of cardiopulmonary resuscitation only if, based on the medical director's or online physician's professional medical judgment, the medical director or online physician determines that resuscitation should be discontinued.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 710 (H.B. 577), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 773.017. Use of Certain External Motor Vehicle Markings or Features Prohibited; Criminal Offense

Sec. 773.017.  USE OF CERTAIN EXTERNAL MOTOR VEHICLE MARKINGS OR FEATURES PROHIBITED; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.  (a)  A person may not operate a motor vehicle in this state that resembles an emergency medical services vehicle unless the person uses the motor vehicle:(1)  as an emergency medical services vehicle under this chapter; or(2)  for other legitimate governmental functions, including police or firefighting services.(b)  A motor vehicle resembles an emergency medical services vehicle if the motor vehicle has on the exterior of the motor vehicle any of the following markings or features:(1)  the word "ambulance" or a derivation of that word;(2)  a star of life as trademarked by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration;(3)  a Maltese cross commonly used by fire departments;(4)  forward-facing flashing red, white, or blue lights;(5)  a siren;(6)  the words "critical care transport," "emergency," "emergency medical services," or "mobile intensive care unit"; or(7)  the acronym "EMS" or "MICU".(c)  A person commits an offense if the person violates this section.  An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.(d)  This section does not apply to a motor vehicle bearing a license plate issued or approved under Section 504.501 or 504.502, Transportation Code.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 253 (H.B. 1249), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|