Section 3106.001 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Emergency medical first responder" means an employee or volunteer of the state, a political subdivision, or an emergency medical services provider who provides urgent on-site medical care to the sick or injured.(2) "Firefighter" includes a volunteer firefighter.(3) "Peace officer" means a peace officer commissioned by the state or a political subdivision of the state under Article 2A.001 , Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law. (4) "Next of kin" means the relative in the nearest degree of relationship to a deceased person, including the person's spouse, child, parent, or sibling.Tex. Gov't. Code § 3106.001
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 765,Sec. 2.120, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 585,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2013.Renumbered from Government Code, Section 3105.001 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728, Sec. 23.001(43), eff. 9/1/2005.Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 614, Sec. 2, eff. 6/20/2003.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.