By: Harless (Senate Sponsor - Miles) H.B. No. 2610
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2021;
May 4, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 22, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deadline to begin a county fire code inspection in
certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 233.064, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to
read as follows:
(e) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), the [The] county
shall begin the inspection of the building within five business
days after the date of the receipt of the written inspection
request. If an inspection is properly requested and the county does
not begin the inspection within the time permitted by this
subsection, the building that is the subject of the request is
considered approved for the purposes of this subchapter.
(e-1) A county with a population of more than 3.3 million
shall begin the inspection of the building within 10 business days
after the date of receipt of the written inspection request.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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