By Ellis H.B. No. 309
77R2113 ATP-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the adoption of a fire code by counties.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 235.001(a), Local Government Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) The commissioners court of a county [with a population
1-7 of over 250,000 or a county adjacent to a county with a population
1-8 of over 250,000] may adopt a fire code and rules necessary to
1-9 administer and enforce the fire code.
1-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-11 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-12 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-13 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-14 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.