Bill Text: TX HB1205 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of a county fire code and the authority of a county fire marshal in certain areas subject to another fire code or certain interlocal agreements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-02 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1205 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1205-Comm_Sub.html

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88R6696 SCL-F
By: Martinez H.B. No. 1205

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of a county fire code and the
authority of a county fire marshal in certain areas subject to
another fire code or certain interlocal agreements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 233.062(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The fire code does not apply:
(1) to an industrial facility having a fire brigade
that conforms to requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety
Administration; or
(2) in an area:
(A) located in a county with a population of more
than 1.1 million and less than two million; and
(B) subject to:
(i) a fire code adopted and enforced by a
municipality or emergency services district; or
(ii) an interlocal agreement between the
county and a municipality or emergency services district for the
county to not enforce the county fire code.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 352.0195 to read as follows:
Sec. 352.0195. LIMITED AUTHORITY IN CERTAIN AREAS. (a)
This section applies only to an area described by Section
233.062(b)(2).
(b) The county fire marshal for a county in which an area to
which this section applies is located may not enforce the county's
fire code or act under Section 352.013, 352.015, or 352.016 in that
area.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.