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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a voluntary identification system for certain devices |
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with the appearance of a fire hydrant that are nonfunctioning or |
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otherwise unavailable for use in a fire emergency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 341.0357, Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by Chapter 684 (H.B. 1717), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 341.0357. VOLUNTARY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR |
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[REQUIREMENT FOR] DEVICE WITH APPEARANCE OF FIRE HYDRANT THAT IS |
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NONFUNCTIONING OR UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN FIRE EMERGENCY. |
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SECTION 2. Section 341.0357(a), Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by Chapter 684 (H.B. 1717), Acts of the 80th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The owner of any device having the appearance of a fire |
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hydrant that is located in a place that an entity responsible for |
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providing fire suppression services in a fire emergency would |
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expect a fire hydrant to typically be located may: |
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(1) [shall] paint the device black if the device is |
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nonfunctioning or otherwise unavailable for use by the entity |
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providing fire suppression services in a fire emergency; or |
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(2) [. The owner may] place a black tarp over the |
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device instead of painting the device black [as required under this
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section] if the device is temporarily nonfunctioning, or |
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temporarily unavailable for use in a fire emergency[, for a period
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not to exceed seven days]. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |