| 1 | 1 | | 88R7776 MZM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1548 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority of a county to adopt a fire code. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 233.061(a), Local Government Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) The commissioners court of a county [with a population |
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| 12 | 12 | | of over 250,000 or a county adjacent to a county with a population |
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| 13 | 13 | | of over 250,000] may adopt a fire code and rules necessary to |
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| 14 | 14 | | administer and enforce the fire code. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 16 | 16 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 17 | 17 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 18 | 18 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 19 | 19 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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