2025S0209-T 03/10/25     By: Middleton S.B. No. 2645     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 419.0322(c), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (c)  A fire department may not, in a calendar year,   compensate, reimburse, or provide benefits exceeding 20 percent of   the total compensation paid to full-time fire protection personnel   in the adjacent area to any individual designated as a volunteer or   auxiliary firefighter [to a person the department has designated as   a volunteer or other auxiliary fire fighter to the extent that the   person would be considered fully paid fire protection personnel].          SECTION 2.  This Act is effective September 1, 2026.