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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to standards for installing fire hydrants in certain |
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residential areas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 341.0357, Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by Chapter 861 (H.B. 1391), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The regulatory authority for a public utility shall by |
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rule or ordinance adopt standards for installing fire hydrants and |
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maintaining sufficient water pressure for service to fire hydrants |
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adequate to protect public safety in residential areas in a |
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municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 341.0358, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The regulatory authority for a public utility shall by |
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rule or ordinance adopt standards for installing fire hydrants and |
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maintaining sufficient water pressure for service to fire hydrants |
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adequate to protect public safety in residential areas in a |
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municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Section 1 of this Act takes effect only if |
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the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to |
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nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes |
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(H.B. No. 3545 or S.B. No. 1969) does not become law. If the Act of |
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the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to |
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nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes |
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(H.B. No. 3545 or S.B. No. 1969) becomes law, Section 1 of this Act |
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has no effect. |
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(b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect only if the Act of the |
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81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to |
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nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes |
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(H.B. No. 3545 or S.B. No. 1969) becomes law. If the Act of the |
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81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to |
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nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes |
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(H.B. No. 3545 or S.B. No. 1969) does not become law, Section 2 of |
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this Act has no effect. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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