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AN ACT
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relating to municipal fire suppression standards in certain |
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municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 342, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 342.901. FIRE SUPPRESSION STANDARDS IN CERTAIN |
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MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies to a general law |
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municipality that: |
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(1) has a population of less than 4,000; |
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(2) is located in a county that: |
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(A) has a population of more than one |
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million; and |
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(B) is adjacent to a county with a population of |
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more than 420,000; and |
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(3) is served by a district governed by Chapter 51, |
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Water Code. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing body of a |
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municipality may by ordinance establish water flow and water |
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pressure standards sufficient to provide adequate pressure to fire |
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suppression systems and require a district described by Subsection |
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(a)(3) that provides water service in the municipality to take |
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reasonable measures to comply with those standards. |
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(c) Before a municipality adopts an ordinance under this |
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section, the municipality and the district described by Subsection |
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(a)(3) that is subject to the proposed ordinance shall establish |
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the scope of and estimate the costs associated with any capital |
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improvements necessary to comply with the proposed ordinance. |
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(d) A district described by Subsection (a)(3) may recover |
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the costs associated with complying with an ordinance adopted under |
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this section through a surcharge assessed only to customers served |
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in the municipality to the extent that: |
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(1) complying with the ordinance results in additional |
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capital improvement costs for the district; and |
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(2) the ordinance establishes water flow and water |
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pressure standards inside municipal boundaries that are more |
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stringent |
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than water flow and water pressure standards required |
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outside municipal boundaries. |
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(e) To the extent of a conflict between this section and any |
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other law, this section controls. |
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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, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3813 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3813 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3813 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |