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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to fire escape exemptions for certain courthouses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 791.004, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) This chapter does not apply to a county courthouse that: |
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(1) was constructed before September 1, 1989; and |
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(2) is located in a county with a population of less |
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than 50,000. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |