Sec. 86.16.  FIREMEN'S TRAINING SCHOOL.  (a)  The Texas A&M University System shall conduct and maintain a firemen's training school through the Texas Engineering Extension Service as a unit of the university system in the manner deemed expedient and advisable by the system's board of regents.  The Texas Engineering Extension Service shall serve as the recognized statewide fire and rescue training agency liaison to the National Fire Academy.  In their capacity as the National Fire Academy liaison, the extension service shall distribute National Fire Academy student manuals on request to associations, fire departments, state agencies, and institutions of higher education which meet National Fire Academy qualifications.
(b)  The firemen's training school advisory board is composed of:
(1)  three members of the staff of the system appointed by the system's board of regents, one of whom shall be the director of the engineering extension service who serves ex officio as the chairman of the advisory board;
(2)  four members or representatives of the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas or its successor, appointed by the president or other managing officer of that association;
(3)  one person who is fire protection personnel as defined by Section 419.021, Government Code, and who is the head of a training division for the fire department of a political subdivision, appointed by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection;  and
(4)  one fire chief appointed by the president or other managing officer of the Texas Fire Chiefs Association or its successor.
(c)  The advisory board shall confer with and advise the engineering extension service with reference to the organization of the school, the purchasing of equipment, the curriculum and program, and the conduct and management of the school.
(d)  Expenditures for the per diem expenses of members of the advisory board and all other necessary expenses of the school shall be made only on the order of the system's board of regents, and no warrants shall be paid unless also approved in writing by the director of the engineering extension service.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3203, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 628, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 241, Sec. 1, eff. May 22, 1993.