Section 614.071 - Definitions 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.Tex. Gov't. Code § 614.071
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2003.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1363, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2001.