Bill Text: TX HB3209 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to carbon monoxide detectors in certain properties.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-20 - Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development [HB3209 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB3209-Introduced.html
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| By: Morales of Harris | H.B. No. 3209 | |
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| relating to carbon monoxide detectors in certain properties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 770 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 770. CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN CERTAIN PROPERTIES | ||
| Sec. 770.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Carbon monoxide detector" means a device designed | ||
| to detect the presence of a harmful level of carbon monoxide gas and | ||
| sound a warning alarm. | ||
| (2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive | ||
| commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
| Sec. 770.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to | ||
| the following properties for which construction begins on or after | ||
| September 1, 2025: | ||
| (1) residential real property as defined by Section | ||
| 22.001, Business & Commerce Code; | ||
| (2) a multiunit residential property as defined by | ||
| Section 125.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; | ||
| (3) a residential facility as defined by Section | ||
| 51.9362, Education Code; | ||
| (4) a commercial lodging establishment as defined by | ||
| Section 660.002, Government Code; | ||
| (5) a fraternity or sorority house as defined by | ||
| Section 766.0025; and | ||
| (6) any other residential property prescribed by | ||
| executive commissioner rule. | ||
| Sec. 770.003. REQUIRED INSTALLATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE | ||
| DETECTOR. (a) The owner of a property described by Section 770.002 | ||
| shall ensure the property is equipped with a carbon monoxide | ||
| detector in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter. | ||
| (b) The owner of a property described by Section 770.002 may | ||
| not sell, lease, or otherwise transfer ownership of the property | ||
| unless the property is equipped with a carbon monoxide detector in | ||
| accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter. | ||
| Sec. 770.004. RULES. The executive commissioner shall | ||
| adopt the rules necessary to implement this chapter, including | ||
| rules prescribing for each type of property described by Section | ||
| 770.002 the required placement, installation, and number of carbon | ||
| monoxide detectors and the maintenance procedures for the | ||
| detectors. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| Chapter 770, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a property described by Section 770.002, Health and Safety Code, | ||
| as added by this Act, for which construction begins on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
