By: Sparks, et al.  S.B. No. 868          (In the Senate - Filed January 22, 2025; February 13, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;   April 3, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 15, Nays 0; April 3, 2025,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 868 By:  Bettencourt     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the allocation of money appropriated to the rural   volunteer fire department assistance program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 614.102, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:          (i)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, at   least 10 percent of appropriations for a state fiscal year from the   fund for the purpose of providing assistance to volunteer fire   departments under the program is allocated to departments in areas   of the state classified as being at high risk for large wildfires by   the service. If the amount of assistance requested by departments   described by this subsection in a state fiscal year is less than the   amount allocated under this subsection, the remaining amount may be   used for other types of requests for assistance.          SECTION 2.  Section 614.102(i), Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to an appropriation made from the volunteer   fire department assistance fund on or after the effective date of   this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *