By: Perry S.B. No. 888

(In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2023; March 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; April 6, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 6, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 888 By: Parker

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.

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