| 1 | 1 | | By: Watson S.B. No. 1801 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2013; March 25, 2013, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 18, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 18, 2013, |
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| 6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1801 By: Estes |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to the adoption of fire hydrant requirements for a |
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| 13 | 13 | | wildland-urban interface in certain municipalities. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 16 | 16 | | amended by adding Chapter 797 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | CHAPTER 797. WILDFIRE PREVENTION |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 797.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) "Director" means the director of the Texas A&M |
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| 20 | 20 | | Forest Service. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) "Wildfire" and "wildland" have the meanings |
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| 22 | 22 | | assigned by Section 88.1015, Education Code. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) "Wildland-urban interface" means a place where an |
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| 24 | 24 | | urban area and wildland meet and that: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (A) is designated by the director to be an |
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| 26 | 26 | | at-risk area for wildfires; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (B) is an area within one-half mile of a place |
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| 28 | 28 | | described by Paragraph (A). |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sec. 797.002. FIRE HYDRANT REQUIREMENTS FOR WILDLAND-URBAN |
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| 30 | 30 | | INTERFACE. (a) This section applies only to a municipality with a |
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| 31 | 31 | | population of 2,500 or more, located in a county that has a |
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| 32 | 32 | | population of more than one million and less than 1.5 million, that |
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| 33 | 33 | | has within its boundaries a wildland-urban interface. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) A governing body of a municipality may by ordinance |
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| 35 | 35 | | require a fire hydrant located in that municipality to conform to |
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| 36 | 36 | | flow and pressure standards established by the ordinance. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) A municipality may consult with county and state fire |
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| 38 | 38 | | prevention agencies in adopting standards under Subsection (b). |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 40 | 40 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 41 | 41 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 44 | 44 | | * * * * * |
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