| 1 | 1 | | By: Barry H.B. No. 3561 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to emergency services requirements for certain plots or |
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| 9 | 9 | | tracts of land in the unincorporated area of certain counties. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government |
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| 12 | 12 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 232.0035 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 232.0035. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: EMERGENCY SERVICES |
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| 14 | 14 | | FOR CERTAIN AREAS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies |
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| 15 | 15 | | only to a plot or tract of land with at least four residential |
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| 16 | 16 | | dwelling units per acre or at least 50 dwelling units that is wholly |
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| 17 | 17 | | located in the unincorporated area of a county with a population of |
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| 18 | 18 | | 400,000 or less. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) Notwithstanding Section 232.007, this section applies |
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| 20 | 20 | | to a plot or tract of land subject to this section located in a |
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| 21 | 21 | | manufactured home community. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c) In addition to any other requirement under law, the |
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| 23 | 23 | | commissioners court of a county may by order require that a plot or |
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| 24 | 24 | | tract of land subject to this section: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) contain a number of fire hydrants sufficient to |
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| 26 | 26 | | protect the dwellings in the plot or tract from fire; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) have at least two means of both ingress and egress |
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| 28 | 28 | | to provide for sufficient routes of travel for use by emergency |
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| 29 | 29 | | vehicles and for use during evacuations resulting from fire or |
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| 30 | 30 | | other natural disasters; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) be located not more than 10 miles from an emergency |
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| 32 | 32 | | services district. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 34 | 34 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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