Bill Text: TX HB1876 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to require fire protection sprinkler systems in certain residences.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-30 - Left pending in committee [HB1876 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1876-Introduced.html
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| By: Truitt | H.B. No. 1876 | |
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| relating to the authority of certain municipalities to require fire | ||
| protection sprinkler systems in certain residences. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1301.551(e), Occupations Code, as added | ||
| by Chapter 804 (S.B. 1410), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2009, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, after | ||
| January 1, 2009, a municipality may not enact an ordinance, bylaw, | ||
| order, building code, or rule requiring the installation of a | ||
| multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler system or any | ||
| other fire sprinkler protection system in an [ |
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| one- or two-family dwelling. A municipality may enact an | ||
| ordinance, bylaw, order, building code, or rule requiring the | ||
| installation of a multipurpose residential fire protection | ||
| sprinkler system or any other fire sprinkler protection system in a | ||
| new one- or two-family dwelling only if the municipality holds an | ||
| election called for the purpose of authorizing the municipality to | ||
| enact the requirement and a majority of the voters approve the | ||
| proposition. A municipality may adopt an ordinance, bylaw, order, | ||
| or rule allowing a multipurpose residential fire protection | ||
| sprinkler specialist or other contractor to offer, for a fee, the | ||
| installation of a fire sprinkler protection system in a new one- or | ||
| two-family dwelling. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
