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  By: Perry S.B. No. 888
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to fire escape exemptions for certain courthouses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 791.004, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  This chapter does not apply to a county courthouse that:
               (1)  was constructed before September 1, 1989; and
               (2)  is located in a county with a population of less
  than 50,000.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.