Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.045 · Subchapter C. ORGANIZATION, POWERS, AND DUTIES
APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), notwithstanding any other law:
(1) Section 1301.551(i), Occupations Code, applies to a district as if the district were a municipality; and
(2) Section 233.062, Local Government Code, applies to a district as if the district were in an unincorporated area of a county.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a district:
(1) that before February 1, 2013, has adopted a fire code, fire code amendments, or other requirements in conflict with Subsection (a); and
(2) whose territory is located:
(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
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1363 (S.B. 1596), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 109, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.775.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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