By: Alvarado (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos) H.B. No. 3547
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011;
May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 13, 2011, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to enforcement by a local government of fire safety
standards at certain child-care facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 42.04431 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.04431. ENFORCEMENT OF STATE LAW BY COUNTY OR
MUNICIPALITY. (a) A municipality or a county may enforce state
law and rules adopted under state law concerning fire safety
standards at a licensed group day-care home or a registered family
home.
(b) A municipality or county shall report to the department
any violation of fire safety standards observed by the municipality
or county at a licensed group day-care home or registered family
home.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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