Bill Text: TX SB628 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the administration and enforcement of a county fire code.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2025-05-26 - Committee report distributed [SB628 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB628-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Zaffirini, et al. | S.B. No. 628 | |
| (Flores, Cole, Zwiener, et al.) | ||
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| relating to the administration and enforcement of a county fire | ||
| code. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 233.061, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to | ||
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| (b) The commissioners court of a county that adopts a fire | ||
| code under Subsection (a)[ |
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| contract with a municipality located in the county or an emergency | ||
| services district located in the county [ |
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| administration and enforcement of the fire code. | ||
| (c) An emergency services district that has adopted a fire | ||
| code and that is located in a county may enter into an interlocal | ||
| agreement with the county to delegate to the district all or part of | ||
| the county's authority to enforce the county's fire code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 352.019, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the [ |
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| fire marshal shall enforce all state and county regulations that | ||
| relate to fires, explosions, or damages of any kind caused by a fire | ||
| or explosion. | ||
| (a-1) The county fire marshal shall delegate the | ||
| administration and enforcement of the county's fire code to a | ||
| municipality or emergency services district in accordance with a | ||
| contract entered into by the commissioners court of the county | ||
| under Section 233.061. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
