Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 233.061: AUTHORITY TO ADOPT AND ENFORCE FIRE CODE.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
SUBTITLE B. COUNTY REGULATORY AUTHORITY
CHAPTER 233. COUNTY REGULATION OF HOUSING AND OTHER STRUCTURES
SUBCHAPTER C. FIRE CODE IN UNINCORPORATED AREA

(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of over 250,000 or a county adjacent to a county with a population of over 250,000 may adopt a fire code and rules necessary to administer and enforce the fire code.

(b) The commissioners court, or any municipality in the county, may contract with one another for the administration and enforcement of the fire code.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 598, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 235.001 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 12.003(4), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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