By: Gallegos S.B. No. 2266
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
April 22, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; April 22, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standards for installing fire hydrants in certain
residential areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 341.0357, Health and
Safety Code, as added by Chapter 861 (H.B. 1391), Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The regulatory authority for a public utility shall by
rule or ordinance adopt standards for installing fire hydrants and
maintaining sufficient water pressure for service to fire hydrants
adequate to protect public safety in residential areas in a
municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more.
SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 341.0358, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The regulatory authority for a public utility shall by
rule or ordinance adopt standards for installing fire hydrants and
maintaining sufficient water pressure for service to fire hydrants
adequate to protect public safety in residential areas in a
municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more.
SECTION 3. (a) Section 1 of this Act takes effect only if
the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes
(H.B. No. 3545 or S.B. No. 1969) does not become law. If the Act of
the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes
(H.B. No. 3545 or S.B. No. 1969) becomes law, Section 1 of this Act
has no effect.
(b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect only if the Act of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes
(H.B. No. 3545 or S.B. No. 1969) becomes law. If the Act of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes
(H.B. No. 3545 or S.B. No. 1969) does not become law, Section 2 of
this Act has no effect.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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