Bill Text: TX SB1801 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the adoption of fire hydrant requirements for a wildland-urban interface in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-06 - Referred to Natural Resources [SB1801 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1801-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the adoption of fire hydrant requirements for a wildland-urban interface in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-06 - Referred to Natural Resources [SB1801 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1801-Introduced.html
83R10209 SCL-D | ||
By: Watson | S.B. No. 1801 |
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relating to the adoption of fire hydrant requirements for a | ||
wildland-urban interface in certain municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 797 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 797. WILDFIRE PREVENTION | ||
Sec. 797.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Director" means the director of the Texas A&M | ||
Forest Service. | ||
(2) "Wildfire" and "wildland" have the meanings | ||
assigned by Section 88.1015, Education Code. | ||
(3) "Wildland-urban interface" means a place where an | ||
urban area and wildland meet and that: | ||
(A) is designated by the director to be an | ||
at-risk area for wildfires; | ||
(B) is an area within one-half mile of a place | ||
described by Paragraph (A); or | ||
(C) is located in a county with an outdoor burn | ||
ban in effect for at least 100 days during the past two years. | ||
Sec. 797.002. FIRE HYDRANT REQUIREMENTS FOR WILDLAND-URBAN | ||
INTERFACE. (a) This section applies only to a municipality with a | ||
population of 2,500 or more that has within its boundaries a | ||
wildland-urban interface. | ||
(b) A governing body of a municipality may by ordinance | ||
require a fire hydrant located in that municipality to conform to | ||
flow and pressure standards established by the ordinance. | ||
(c) A municipality may consult with county and state fire | ||
prevention agencies in adopting standards under Subsection (b). | ||
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, 2013. |