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Senate Bill 1596 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
House Sponsor: Rodriguez, Eddie |
Senate Bill 1596 amends Health and Safety Code provisions relating to emergency services districts to specify that provisions governing the removal of territory by a municipality do not require a municipality to remove district territory that the municipality has annexed. The bill sets out laws relating to municipal plumbing ordinances and the application and content of a fire code that apply to a district and exempts from the applicability of those laws a district that has conflicting requirements and whose territory is located in a specified area.
Senate Bill 1596 amends Local Government Code provisions relating to municipal annexation to prohibit a service plan for an annexed area from reducing fire, police, and emergency medical services to certain levels. The bill adds provisions relating to the provision of fire and emergency medical services in an annexed area that apply only to certain municipalities that annex an area located in an emergency services district.