Bill Text: TX HB1701 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the administration and enforcement of a county fire code.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-20 - Filed [HB1701 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1701-Introduced.html

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89R1969 SCL-F
By: Flores H.B. No. 1701

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The commissioners court of a county that adopts a fire
code under Subsection (a) [, or any municipality in the county,] may
contract with a municipality located in the county or an emergency
services district located wholly in the county [one another] for
the administration and enforcement of the 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 [The] county
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.