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