Bill Text: TX HB2266 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to fire code certificates of compliance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2266 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2266-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2266 |
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relating to fire code certificates of compliance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 233.064, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (f) and (g) and adding Subsections | ||
(h) and (i) to read as follows: | ||
(f) The county shall issue a final certificate of compliance | ||
to the owner of a building inspected under this section if the | ||
inspector determines, after an inspection of the completed | ||
building, that the building complies with the fire code. For a | ||
building or complex of buildings involving phased completion or | ||
build-out, the county may issue a partial certificate of compliance | ||
for any portion of the building or complex the inspector determines | ||
is in substantial compliance with the fire code. | ||
(g) If the inspector determines, after an inspection of the | ||
completed building, that the building does not comply with the fire | ||
code, the county may: | ||
(1) [ |
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compliance; or [ |
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(2) issue a conditional or partial certificate of | ||
compliance and allow the building to [ |
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(h) A county that issues a conditional certificate of | ||
compliance under Subsection (g) shall notify the owner of the | ||
building of the violations of the fire code and establish a | ||
reasonable time to remedy the violations. A county may revoke a | ||
conditional certificate of compliance if the owner does not remedy | ||
the violations within the time specified on the conditional | ||
certificate of compliance. | ||
(i) A building may not be occupied until a county issues a | ||
final, conditional, or partial certificate of compliance for the | ||
building. | ||
SECTION 2. A county may issue a partial or conditional | ||
certificate of compliance under Section 233.064(f) or (g), Local | ||
Government Code, as amended by this Act, on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act to any building or complex of buildings that | ||
qualifies for the partial or conditional certificate of compliance, | ||
regardless of whether the building project started before, on, or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2266 was passed by the House on | ||
April 14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, | ||
1 p | ||
resent, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2266 was passed by the Senate on | ||
May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |