Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
Subtitle B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION |
Chapter 419. TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION |
Subchapter B. REGULATING AND ASSISTING FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS |
Sec. 419.037. APPOINTMENT AS MARINE FIRE PROTECTION PERSONNEL
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(a) The commission shall adopt requirements for certification of marine fire protection personnel. A person may not be appointed to a marine fire protection personnel position, except on a probationary basis, unless the person has completed the training prescribed by the commission.
(b) Marine fire protection personnel appointed on a probationary basis must complete the prescribed training before two years after the date of appointment.
(c) Marine fire protection personnel serving under permanent appointment with five or more years' service before September 1, 1978, have satisfied the training requirements by experience.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 4, Sec. 2.49(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Redesignated from Sec. 416.032 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 628, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.