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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to emergency vehicle access to certain gated communities |
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and multiunit housing projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 352, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 352.1145 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 352.1145. SIREN-OPERATED SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC |
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GATES. The commissioners court of a county by order may require |
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that each electric gate to a gated community or multiunit housing |
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project be equipped with a gate-operating device that: |
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(1) is approved by the county fire marshal; and |
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(2) will activate the electric gate on the sounding of |
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an emergency vehicle siren. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |