(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of over 250,000 or a county adjacent to a county with a population of over 250,000 may adopt a fire code and rules necessary to administer and enforce the fire code.
(b) The commissioners court, or any municipality in the county, may contract with one another for the administration and enforcement of the fire code.

Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 233.061

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005