TITLE: Relating to municipal requirements for exterior key boxes to provide access to buildings to first responders.

SUMMARY: Relating to municipal requirements for exterior key boxes to provide access to buildings to first responders.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to municipal requirements for exterior key boxes to provide access to buildings to first responders. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 11, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Chapter 350 to read as follows: CHAPTER 350. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATED TO MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SAFETY Sec. 350.001. EXTERIOR KEY BOX REQUIREMENTS. A municipality that adopts a fire code that requires the owner or occupant of a building to maintain an exterior key box to provide a first responder with immediate access to the building or a restricted area may not require the owner or occupant to purchase the key box from a specific manufacturer or vendor. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.