{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-775.045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.045","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), notwithstanding any other law:\n(1) Section 1301.551(i), Occupations Code, applies to a district as if the district were a municipality; and\n(2) Section 233.062, Local Government Code, applies to a district as if the district were in an unincorporated area of a county.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a district:\n(1) that before February 1, 2013, has adopted a fire code, fire code amendments, or other requirements in conflict with Subsection (a); and\n(2) whose territory is located:\n(A) in or adjacent to a general law municipality with a population of less than 4,000 that is served by a water control and improvement district governed by Chapter 51, Water Code; and\n(B) in a county that has a population of more than 1.2 million and is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 600,000.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1363 (S.B. 1596), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 109, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 775. EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER C. ORGANIZATION, POWERS, AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.775.htm#775.045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"5b52a5a016cf166bf90e9abe5df6b3eef9a42db496375024332606909e216e36","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-775.0445","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-775.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}