| 1 | 1 | | By: Craddick (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 564 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Intergovernmental Relations; May 6, 2011, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | 5 | | the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 6, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to maintenance of portable fire extinguishers in |
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| 11 | 11 | | government-owned vehicles in certain local governmental |
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| 12 | 12 | | jurisdictions. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Ariel Corley |
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| 15 | 15 | | Memorial Act. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 370, Local Government Code, is amended |
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| 17 | 17 | | by adding Section 370.005 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 370.005. MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY POLICY REGARDING |
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| 19 | 19 | | MAINTENANCE OF PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN GOVERNMENT-OWNED |
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| 20 | 20 | | VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "local government" means: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) a county; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) a municipality; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) an agency, department, or other division of a |
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| 24 | 24 | | county or municipality. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) A local government that adopts an ordinance, order, or |
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| 26 | 26 | | policy requiring motor vehicles owned by the local government to be |
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| 27 | 27 | | equipped with portable fire extinguishers shall require |
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| 28 | 28 | | maintenance to be performed on the portable fire extinguishers |
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| 29 | 29 | | annually in accordance with standards that are at least as |
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| 30 | 30 | | stringent as the National Fire Protection Association Standard |
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| 31 | 31 | | Number 10, Portable Fire Extinguishers. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 37 | 37 | | * * * * * |
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