| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the qualifications of a county fire marshal in certain |
|
|
counties. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 352.012, Local Government Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
|
|
(c) A county that has adopted a fire code under Subchapter |
|
|
C, Chapter 233, may require that the county fire marshal be |
|
|
certified by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection as head of a |
|
|
prevention-only fire department. |
|
|
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
|
|
to a fire marshal commissioned by a county on or after the effective |
|
|
date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |