Sec. 660.209. STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL. (a) In this section, "emergency services personnel" includes firefighters, police officers and other peace officers, emergency medical technicians, emergency management personnel, and other individuals who are required, in the course and scope of their employment, to provide services for the benefit of the general public during emergency situations.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or the General Appropriations Act, a state employee who is emergency services personnel and who is deployed to a temporary duty station to conduct emergency or disaster response activities is entitled to reimbursement for the actual expense of lodging when there is no room available at the state rate within reasonable proximity to the employee's temporary duty station.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1280 (H.B. 1831), Sec. 4.02, eff. September 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees
Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees
Subchapter H. Travel by Certain Persons
Section 660.201. Applicability
Section 660.202. Members of the Legislature
Section 660.203. Travel by Certain Officers and Employees
Section 660.2035. Confidentiality of Certain Peace Officer Vouchers; Quarterly Summaries
Section 660.204. Travel by Legislative Employees
Section 660.205. Representation of State
Section 660.206. Representation of Certain Officers and Employees
Section 660.207. Aircraft Pilots