87R6587 CXP-D
By: Martinez, Rodriguez H.B. No. 1819
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers of board members of certain emergency
services districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0361 to read as follows:
Sec. 775.0361. FIRE CODE IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) Two or
more districts may adopt and enforce a fire code, including fines
for any violations, for the area served by the districts if the
districts have established a joint response area through contracts
under Section 775.031(a) that includes land in two or more
counties. A fire code adopted under this section must be similar to
standards adopted by a nationally recognized standards-making
association.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 775.036(b) and (b-1), a
provision in a fire code adopted under Subsection (a) prevails over
a provision in a fire code adopted by a county regardless of whether
the provision is less stringent than the provision adopted by the
county.
(c) The board of a district that adopts a fire code under
this section may not enforce the fire code in the boundaries of a
municipality that has adopted a fire code, except for an area that
has been annexed only for limited purposes in which the
municipality does not enforce a fire code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.