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Senate Bill 504 |
Senate Author: Miles |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
House Sponsor: Coleman et al. |
Senate Bill 504 amends the Local Government Code to set out the circumstances under which the fire marshal of Harris County may inspect certain group homes, as defined by the bill, and to establish the conditions under which the fire marshal must order certain remedial action. A person to whom such an order is directed must comply with an order immediately, and the bill, among other enforcement provisions, creates a Class B misdemeanor offense, with specified enhancements, for the failure to comply with such an order.
Senate Bill 504, in addition to requiring the commissioners court to prescribe a reasonable fee for an inspection requested under the bill's provisions, authorizes the commissioners court to adopt any appropriate standard developed by a nationally recognized standards‑making association under which the county fire marshal may enforce the bill's provisions. However, those standards do not apply in any municipality that has adopted fire protection ordinances.