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