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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a county to adopt a fire code. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 233.061(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioners court of a county [with a population
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of over 250,000 or a county adjacent to a county with a population
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of over 250,000] may adopt a fire code and rules necessary to |
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administer and enforce the fire code. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2015. |