HB5424 - Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.

      H.B. No. 5424         AN ACT   relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 419.0322(c), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (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 [ to   a person the department has designated as a volunteer or other   auxiliary fire fighter to the extent that the person would be   considered fully paid fire protection personnel ].          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2026.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 5424 was passed by the House on May   10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 130, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 5424 was passed by the Senate on May   20, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor