Tex. Gov't Code § 419.0322 · Subchapter B. REGULATING AND ASSISTING FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
CATEGORIES AND DESIGNATION OF PERSONS PERFORMING FIRE PROTECTION DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each person who is assigned by a fire department to perform one or more duties listed under Section 419.021(3)(C) must be:
(1) fire protection personnel;
(2) a part-time fire protection employee; or
(3) a volunteer or other auxiliary fire fighter.
(b) Each fire department shall designate each person who is assigned by the department to perform one or more duties listed under Section 419.021(3)(C) as fire protection personnel, a part-time fire protection employee, or a volunteer or auxiliary fire fighter, but a department may not designate the same person under more than one category under this section. The designation shall be made on the records of the department and the designation shall be made available for inspection by the commission or sent to the commission on request.
(c) A fire department may not, in a calendar year, compensate, reimburse, or provide benefits to an individual designated as a volunteer or auxiliary firefighter that exceeds 20 percent of the highest total compensation paid to full-time fire protection personnel by a local government:
(1) in the county in which the department is located; or
(2) if the county does not have a local government that pays compensation to full-time fire protection personnel, in an adjacent county to the county in which the department is located.
(d) A person designated as a part-time fire protection employee under this section is subject to Section 419.0321.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 912, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 112 (S.B. 879), Sec. 2, eff. May 20, 2005.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 473 (H.B. 5424), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2026.
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