Tex. Gov't Code § 3106.001 · Chapter 3106. STAR OF TEXAS AWARDS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Emergency medical first responder" means an employee or volunteer of the state, a political subdivision, or an emergency medical services provider who provides urgent on-site medical care to the sick or injured.
(2) "Firefighter" includes a volunteer firefighter.
(3) "Peace officer" means a peace officer commissioned by the state or a political subdivision of the state under Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law.
(4) "Next of kin" means the relative in the nearest degree of relationship to a deceased person, including the person's spouse, child, parent, or sibling.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 614, Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2003.
Renumbered from Government Code, Section 3105.001 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 23.001(43), eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 585 (S.B. 877), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.120, eff. January 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.3106.htm
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