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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 614.071. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

In this subchapter:

(1) “Director” means the director of the Texas Forest Service.

(2) “Fund” means the rural volunteer fire department insurance fund.

(3) “Partially paid fire department” means a fire department operated by its members that includes:

(A) some volunteer members; and

(B) not more than 20 paid members.

(4) “Program” means the rural volunteer fire department insurance program.

(5) “Service” means the Texas Forest Service, an agency of The Texas A&M University System.

(6) “Volunteer fire department” means a fire department operated by its members, including a partially paid fire department, that:

(A) is operated on a not-for-profit basis, including a department exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed as an exempt organization in Section 501(c)(3) of that code; and

(B) participates in a firefighter certification program administered:

(i) under Section 419.071;

(ii) by the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas; or

(iii) by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.

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