A city or emergency services district in the county can run it.
The bill lets a county that adopts a fire code contract with a city in the county, or with an emergency services district located wholly in the county, to run and enforce that fire code. It also lets such an emergency services district sign an interlocal agreement to take over all or part of the county's fire code enforcement, and it requires the county fire marshal to hand off enforcement under any such contract. Counties, cities, emergency services districts and county fire marshals are affected, and on the ground fire code inspections and enforcement can shift from the county fire marshal to a local fire district or city.
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Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on May 6, 2025. Died in the House: voted out of the Intergovernmental Affairs committee 10-0, no floor vote.
relating to the administration and enforcement of a county fire
code.
WHAT IT DOES
A city or emergency services district in the county can run it.
The bill lets a county that adopts a fire code contract with a city in the county, or with an emergency services district located wholly in the county, to run and enforce that fire code. It also lets such an emergency services district sign an interlocal agreement to take over all or part of the county's fire code enforcement, and it requires the county fire marshal to hand off enforcement under any such contract. Counties, cities, emergency services districts and county fire marshals are affected, and on the ground fire code inspections and enforcement can shift from the county fire marshal to a local fire district or city.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Zaffirini moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 628 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Zaffirini moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 628 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
89R4539 SCL-F
By: Zaffirini
S.B. No. 628
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration and enforcement of a county fire
code.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 233.061, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to
read as follows:
(b) The commissioners court of a county that adopts a fire
code under Subsection (a) [ , or any municipality in the county, ] may
contract with a municipality located in the county or an emergency
services district located wholly in the county [ one another ] for
the administration and enforcement of the fire code.
(c) An emergency services district that has adopted a fire
code and that is wholly located in one county may enter into an
interlocal agreement with the county to delegate to the district
all or part of the county's authority to enforce the county's fire
code.
SECTION 2. Section 352.019, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the [ The ] county
fire marshal shall enforce all state and county regulations that
relate to fires, explosions, or damages of any kind caused by a fire
or explosion.
(a-1) The county fire marshal shall delegate the
administration and enforcement of the county's fire code to a
municipality or emergency services district in accordance with a
contract entered into by the commissioners court of the county
under Section 233.061.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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