H.B.�No.�1187
AN ACT
relating to the membership of the board of managers for certain
emergency communication districts.
�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
�������SECTION�1.��Section 772.306, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows:
�������(o)In an emergency communication district subject to this
subchapter located entirely in a county with a population of less
than 30,000, the board consists of:
�������������(1)the appropriate members listed in Subsection (c);
and
�������������(2)a peace officer licensed under Chapter 1701,
Occupations Code, appointed by the county sheriff.
�������SECTION�2.��The sheriff of a county to which Section
772.306(o), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies
shall appoint a peace officer to the board of managers as required
by Section 772.306(o) as soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act.
�������SECTION�3.��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.��If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
���President of the Senate Speaker of the House�����
�������I certify that H.B. No. 1187 was passed by the House on May 5,
2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House���
�������I certify that H.B. No. 1187 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate����
APPROVED:��_____________________
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�����������������Governor�������