Tex. Educ. Code § 88.118 · Subchapter B. THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE
STATEWIDE FIRE COORDINATION CENTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
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.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.88.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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