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TX Educ Code § 88.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.107. Forest Land: Acquisition by Gift or Purchase

Sec. 88.107.  FOREST LAND:  ACQUISITION BY GIFT OR PURCHASE.  (a)  On the recommendation of the board, the governor may accept gifts of land to the state to be held, protected, and administered by the board as state forests and to be used to demonstrate the practical utility of timber culture and water conservation and for game preserves.  The gifts may be on terms and conditions agreed upon between the grantors of the property and the board.(b)  The board may purchase lands in the name of the state suitable chiefly for the production of timber as state forests, using for that purpose any special appropriation.(c)  All conveyances of property, by gift or otherwise, shall be submitted to the attorney general for approval as to form.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3210, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 88.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.108. Acquisition of Land for Forestry Purposes; Disposition

Sec. 88.108.  ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR FORESTRY PURPOSES;  DISPOSITION.  (a)  The board may accept gifts, donations, or contributions of land suitable for forestry purposes and may enter into agreements with the federal government or other agencies for acquiring by lease, purchase, or otherwise any land that in the judgment of the board is desirable for state forests.(b)  When land is acquired or leased under this section, the board may make expenditures, from any funds not otherwise obligated, for its management, development, and utilization.  The board may sell or otherwise dispose of products from the land and may make rules and regulations that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.(c)  All revenue derived from land now owned or later acquired under the provisions of this section shall be segregated by the board for use in the acquisition, management, development, and use of the land until all obligations incurred have been paid in full.  Thereafter, net profits accruing from the administration of the land shall be applicable for the purposes that the legislature may prescribe.(d)  Obligations for the acquisition of land incurred by the board under the authority of this section shall be paid solely and exclusively from revenue derived from the land and shall not impose any liability on the general credit and taxing power of the state.(e)  The board may sell, exchange, or lease state forest land under its jurisdiction when in its judgment it is advantageous to the state to do so in the highest orderly development and management of state forests.  However, no sale or exchange of any such land belonging to the state or the university shall be made until the sale or exchange is authorized by the legislature.  The sale, lease or exchange shall not be contrary to the terms of any contract into which it has entered.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3211, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 88.1085 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.1085. Use of Land in William Goodrich Jones State Forest

Sec. 88.1085.  USE OF LAND IN WILLIAM GOODRICH JONES STATE FOREST.  (a)  For the purpose of this section, the "Jones State Forest" means the real property owned by the state for the use and benefit of The Texas A&M University System to demonstrate reforestation work and forest management work under the Texas A&M Forest Service, consisting of approximately 1,722 acres in Montgomery County, and formally dedicated and named the William Goodrich Jones State Forest.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the entire territory of the Jones State Forest must remain natural, scenic, undeveloped, and open in a manner that maintains the tree canopy cover of the forest.  No statute, rule, policy, or ordinance may be enforced with respect to the territory of the Jones State Forest, other than a statute, rule, policy, or ordinance that protects and conserves the natural resources, air quality, or water quality of the Jones State Forest.(c)  This section does not preclude the Texas Department of Transportation, for the current operation or future expansion of Farm-to-Market Road 1488, from:(1)  using an easement that is owned by the state for the benefit of the department for a highway purpose; or(2)  acquiring an additional interest in real property.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 345), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 88.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.109. Use of Certain Department of Criminal Justice Land for Reforestation

Sec. 88.109.  USE OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAND FOR REFORESTATION.  The several tracts of land in Cherokee County near Maydelle, consisting of approximately 2,150 acres, owned by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, is set aside for reforestation purposes to be used by Texas A&M University to demonstrate reforestation work.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3211, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.054, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Educ Code § 88.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.110. Purchase of Land for Seedling Nursery

Sec. 88.110.  PURCHASE OF LAND FOR SEEDLING NURSERY.  The board may acquire by purchase in the name of the State of Texas for the use and benefit of the Texas Forest Service, and may improve, a sufficient quantity of land suitable for the operation of a forest tree seedling nursery in the reforestation program of the Texas Forest Service and for the production of other forest products.  However, not more than 400 acres of land may be purchased under this section;  and the selling price of seedlings produced on the land, as far as practical, shall represent the cost of production plus at least 10 percent.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3211, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|Sec. 88.111.  FOREST LAND ACQUIRED BY STATE UNDER TAX SALE.  When pine forest land is sold to the state for the payment of taxes, interest, penalty, and costs adjudged against the land, as provided in Article 7328, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, and not redeemed or resold as provided in Article 7328, the land shall be withdrawn from the market and shall be held, protected, and administered by the board as state forest;  and the board may manage, use, and improve the pine forest land as fully and to the same extent as in the case of other forest land held by it in accordance with the law.  Forest land, as used in this section, includes all land on which is growing pine timber of any material value and all cutover pine timberland which may reasonably be expected to produce, by reason of natural or other methods of reforestation, another growth of pine timber of any material value.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3211, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 88.112 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.112. South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact

Sec. 88.112.  SOUTH CENTRAL INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE PROTECTION COMPACT.  The South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact has been ratified by the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.  The text of the compact is set out in Section 88.116 of this code, and an authenticated copy is on file in the office of the secretary of state.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3212, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 88.113 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.113. Compact Administrator

Sec. 88.113.  COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR.  The director of the Texas Forest Service shall act as compact administrator for the State of Texas and represent Texas in the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3212, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 88.114 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.114. Advisory Committee

Sec. 88.114.  ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  The advisory committee referred to in Article III of the compact shall be composed of four members selected as follows:  One member shall be named from the membership of the Senate of the State of Texas by the Lieutenant Governor;  one member shall be named from the membership of the House of Representatives of the State of Texas by the Speaker;  and two members shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be selected from among the persons who comprise the board of directors of The Texas A & M University System, and one of whom shall be a person associated with forestry or a forest products industry.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3212, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 88.115 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.115. Legislative Intent

Sec. 88.115.  LEGISLATIVE INTENT.  It is the intent of the Legislature of the State of Texas, in ratifying the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact, that this compact is and shall be a joint program of the member states and that representatives of the United States government shall participate in compact meetings or in other activities under the compact only in the manner and to the extent authorized by the representatives of the member states, appointed pursuant to the terms of this compact.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3212, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 88.117 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.117. Statewide Fire Contingency Account

Sec. 88.117.  STATEWIDE FIRE CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT.  (a)  The statewide fire contingency account is established as an account in the general revenue fund.(b)  The governor, the board, and the director may accept gifts and grants, including federal grants, and other federal assistance for deposit into the account.  This program will be funded through private gifts, grants, or assistance.(c)  Money in the account may be used only to:(1)  develop and deploy fire overhead management teams;(2)  pay the direct costs of using Texas Forest Service equipment and personnel to support local fire-fighting forces in the suppression of fires during wildfire emergencies or threatened wildfire emergencies;(3)  pay the direct costs of local fire-fighting forces that are mobilized to respond to wildfire emergencies or threatened wildfire emergencies in aid of another fire-fighting force;(4)  pay for any expenses incurred by the Texas Forest Service, or otherwise by the state, when fires are combatted under the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Prevention Compact or with the assistance of the federal forest service;  and(5)  pay for any other expenses that the director is required to pay from this account under federal law.(d)  Money in the account may not be used or transferred from the account except for the purposes prescribed by Subsection (c) of this section or as required by Subsection (e) of this section.(e)  Any unobligated amount over $1,000,000 remaining in the account on August 31 of each year shall be transferred into the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund except as prohibited by other law.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 1993.|
TX Educ Code § 88.118 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.118. Statewide Fire Coordination Center

Sec. 88.118.  STATEWIDE FIRE COORDINATION CENTER.  (a)  The director shall establish a statewide fire coordination center.(b)  The center may provide continuous dispatching services for wildfire control.(c)  The center shall provide a central location for statewide:(1)  wildfire monitoring;(2)  coordination of the response to each major or potentially major wildfire in the state, with the coordination function including a direct liaison with the state emergency operating center; and(3)  assistance to fire-fighting forces in obtaining the transfer of needed and available resources.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 88.119 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.119. Regional Wildfire Coordinators

Sec. 88.119.  REGIONAL WILDFIRE COORDINATORS.  (a)  The director shall divide the state into six wildfire control regions to coordinate wildfire control.  The boundaries of the regions must be the same as existing Department of Public Safety regions that include state disaster district boundaries to the extent that the director determines that the same boundaries are practical.(b)  The director shall employ and assign a regional wildfire coordinator to each fire control region.(c)  Each regional wildfire coordinator shall, with respect to the coordinator's region:(1)  train, prepare, and coordinate fire fighters to respond to wildfire incidents locally, regionally, and statewide;(2)  inform the statewide coordination center of regional wildfire loads and of additional resources that may be required to handle a fire load;(3)  communicate as necessary with appropriate federal officials;(4)  assist and promote the development of mutual aid agreements among fire-fighting forces;(5)  develop wildfire strike teams and overhead strike teams;(6)  coordinate and assess the need for wildfire training;(7)  coordinate the rural community fire protection program;(8)  coordinate response activities through the appropriate state disaster district; and(9)  evaluate and acquire excess federal equipment and other property for use in the region.(d)  The director shall acquire and assign to each wildfire control region a regional command post that has the capability to assist in the management of wildfires and other disasters, including disasters not related to fire.  The director and the director's designees shall determine when the regional command post may be used by personnel under the control of the director and when the regional command post may be used by local fire-fighting forces or other emergency response personnel.  Each regional command post shall include mobile communications equipment, including a radio repeater and a supply of other necessary radio equipment.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 88.120 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.120. Wildfire Training

Sec. 88.120.  WILDFIRE TRAINING.  The Texas Forest Service is the lead agency of the state for providing and coordinating training in fighting wildfires.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 88.122 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.122. Incident Management Teams

Sec. 88.122.  INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAMS.  (a)  The Texas Forest Service may support the state's all-hazard response operations by:(1)  providing incident management training to Texas Forest Service personnel and other state, local, and volunteer responders to develop and enhance the all-hazard response capability of this state; and(2)  maintaining incident management teams to respond to all-hazard events, including natural, man-made, and planned events.(b)  An incident management team maintained under this section may consist of Texas Forest Service employees and other state, local, and volunteer responders.(c)  The Texas Forest Service may mobilize an incident management team for a wildfire response operation.(d)  Under the direction of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the Texas Forest Service may mobilize an incident management team to provide incident support for state, disaster district, or local jurisdiction operations.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 88.123 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.123. Volunteer Fire Department Assistance

Sec. 88.123.  VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Partially paid fire department" means a fire department operated by its members, some of whom are volunteers and some of whom are paid.(2)  "Volunteer fire department" means a fire department operated by its members, including a partially paid fire department, that is operated on a not-for-profit basis.(3)  "Volunteer firefighter" means a member of a volunteer fire department.(b)  The director may establish guidelines within which local volunteer fire departments may assist the Texas Forest Service in responding to a wildfire after other local firefighting resources have been exhausted.(c)  To the extent that resources are available, the Texas Forest Service may:(1)  compensate a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer fire department for labor and expenses related to the assistance provided by the firefighter or department under Subsection (b); and(2)  reimburse a volunteer fire department for equipment provided by the department under Subsection (b).(d)  The director shall determine:(1)  the rate at which a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer fire department may be compensated or reimbursed under this section;(2)  the types of labor and expenses for which a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer fire department may be compensated under this section;(3)  the types of equipment for which a volunteer fire department may be reimbursed under this section; and(4)  the minimum qualifications a volunteer firefighter must meet in order to be compensated under this section, which may include certification under a program administered by:(A)  the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas; or(B)  the Texas Forest Service according to standards determined by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.(e)  A volunteer firefighter who receives compensation under this section is not subject to the certification requirements of Subchapter B, Chapter 419, Government Code.(f)  The Texas Forest Service may request reimbursement from the legislature for a payment made to a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer fire department under this section.(g)  The Texas Forest Service may issue National Wildfire Coordinating Group certification to a volunteer firefighter under terms determined by the director.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 88.124 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.124. Wildfire Protection Plan

Sec. 88.124.  WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN.  (a)  The Texas Forest Service shall hold public meetings to develop and regularly update a wildfire protection plan.  At a minimum, the plan must:(1)  define the Texas Forest Service's role in managing wildfires and supporting local fire department responses, and the manner in which a community may engage the Texas Forest Service on issues related to wildfires;(2)  describe in detail the role of volunteer fire departments in wildfire response, including any role relating to guidelines established by the director under Section 88.123;(3)  describe the expected revenue, expenditures, staffing, and future funding necessary to implement and sustain the plan;(4)  estimate the expected savings resulting from the plan's implementation;(5)  provide performance measures by which the plan's success may be evaluated;(6)  describe the Texas Forest Service's role in conducting prescribed burns and assess statewide efforts to conduct those burns;(7)  identify, analyze, and make recommendations regarding wildfire trends and issues; and(8)  address any other matter determined to be relevant by the director.(b)  The Texas Forest Service shall submit its most recent wildfire protection plan together with the service's legislative appropriations request to:(1)  the lieutenant governor;(2)  the speaker of the house of representatives; and(3)  the appropriate standing legislative committees having jurisdiction over wildfire issues.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 88.125 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System|Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System|Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service|Section 88.125. Cost-Effective Use of Resources

Sec. 88.125.  COST-EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES.  In determining the appropriate wildfire response, the Texas Forest Service shall use the most cost-effective combination of volunteer firefighters, temporary employees of the Texas Forest Service, and out-of-state personnel and equipment available.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.|