Tex. Gov't Code § 417.0082 · Chapter 417. STATE FIRE MARSHAL
PROTECTION OF STATE-OWNED OR STATE-LEASED BUILDINGS AGAINST FIRE HAZARDS; AUTHORITY OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The state fire marshal, under the direction of the commissioner, shall take any action necessary to protect a public building under the charge and control of a state agency and the building's occupants, and the occupants of a building leased for the use of a state agency, against an existing or threatened fire hazard. The state fire marshal shall include the State Office of Risk Management and each state agency occupying or managing an affected building in all communication concerning fire hazards.
(b) The commissioner and the State Office of Risk Management shall make and each adopt a memorandum of understanding that coordinates the agency's duties under this section.
(c) The state fire marshal is the authority having jurisdiction over a state-owned building for purposes of fire safety.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 684, Sec. 52, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Renumbered from Government Code Sec. 419.0081, and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1172, Sec. 3.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 407 (S.B. 908), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1147 (H.B. 1951), Sec. 4.003, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1105), Sec. 3, eff. June 9, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.417.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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