SB767 - Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

      S.B. No. 767         AN ACT   relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in   the state available for use in responding to wildfires.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 88, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 88.1255 to read as follows:           Sec.   88.1255.     STATEWIDE DATABASE OF FIREFIGHTING   EQUIPMENT. (a)     In this section, "fire department"   means:                 (1)  a volunteer fire department; or                 (2)     a department of a municipality, county, or special   district or authority that provides firefighting services.           (b)     The Texas Forest Service shall create and maintain a   comprehensive database that shows in real time the statewide   inventory of firefighting equipment that is available for use in   responding to wildfires.           (c)  The database must:                 (1)     include a description of the type of firefighting   equipment each fire department in the state has available for use in   responding to wildfires;                 (2)     include contact information for the fire   department that has the equipment;                 (3)  be searchable by location and equipment type; and                 (4)     be accessible by all fire departments in the state   and allow each fire department to update the information in the   database regarding the equipment the fire department has available.           (d)     The Texas Forest Service shall assist a fire department   that provides equipment information to the database in updating the   database annually or as soon as practicable after any change in the   availability of the department's firefighting equipment. The Texas   Forest Service shall use an electronic notification system to   remind fire departments, at least once each calendar year, to   update the availability of the department's firefighting   equipment.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 767 passed the Senate on   March 11, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that   the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 5, 2025, by the   following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 767 passed the House, with   amendment, on April 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 140,   Nays 0, two present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor