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| 1 | 1 | 88R2460 SGM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hughes S.B. No. 573 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to municipal requirements for exterior key boxes to | |
| 8 | 8 | provide access to buildings to first responders. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 11, Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Chapter 350 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | CHAPTER 350. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATED TO MUNICIPAL PUBLIC | |
| 13 | 13 | SAFETY | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 350.001. EXTERIOR KEY BOX REQUIREMENTS. A | |
| 15 | 15 | municipality that adopts a fire code that requires the owner or | |
| 16 | 16 | occupant of a building to maintain an exterior key box to provide a | |
| 17 | 17 | first responder with immediate access to the building or a | |
| 18 | 18 | restricted area may not require the owner or occupant to purchase | |
| 19 | 19 | the key box from a specific manufacturer or vendor. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |