Bill Text: TX SB1373 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to adopt a fire code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB1373 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1373-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1373 |
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relating to the authority of a county to adopt a fire code. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 233.061(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioners court of a county [ |
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administer and enforce the fire code. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 233.062(a) and (b), Local Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The fire code applies only to the following buildings | ||
constructed in an unincorporated area of the county: | ||
(1) an inhabitable [ |
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(2) a public building; and | ||
(3) a multifamily residential dwelling consisting of | ||
four or more units. | ||
(b) The fire code: | ||
(1) does not apply to: | ||
(A) an industrial facility having a fire brigade | ||
that conforms to requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health | ||
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(B) development on a tract of land appraised as | ||
agricultural or open-space land by the appraisal district; and | ||
(2) may not be enforced in a manner that limits or | ||
otherwise impairs the rights of individuals or entities in the | ||
exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or other | ||
minerals. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2015. |