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Amend HB 684 on third reading as follows:
(1) In the recital for the SECTION of the bill amending Section 233.062, Local Government Code (page 1, line 11), strike "Subsection (b-1)" and substitute "Subsections (b-1) and (b-2)".
(2) In the SECTION of the bill amending Section 233.062, Local Government Code (page 2, between lines 2-3), insert the following:
(b-2) The commissioners court of a county with a population over 250,000 or a county adjacent to a county with a population over 250,000 may not adopt a fire code that applies to a building or structure used for an agricultural operation, as defined by Section 251.002, Agriculture Code, unless the commissioners court has adopted a fire code under this subchapter before January 1, 2016.