By: Alvarado (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos)	H.B. No. 3547
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011;
	May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
	and Human Services; May 13, 2011, reported favorably by the
	following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 2011, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to enforcement by a local government of fire safety
	standards at certain child-care facilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
	is amended by adding Section 42.04431 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.04431.  ENFORCEMENT OF STATE LAW BY COUNTY OR
	MUNICIPALITY. (a)  A municipality or a county may enforce state
	law and rules adopted under state law concerning fire safety
	standards at a licensed group day-care home or a registered family
	home.
	(b)  A municipality or county shall report to the department
	any violation of fire safety standards observed by the municipality
	or county at a licensed group day-care home or registered family
	home.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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