88R10348 MZM-F
 
  By: Martinez H.B. No. 3465
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the qualifications of a county fire marshal in certain
  counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 352.012, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A county that has adopted a fire code under Subchapter
  C, Chapter 233, may require that the county fire marshal be
  certified by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection as head of a
  prevention-only fire department.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a fire marshal commissioned by a county on or after the effective
  date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.