Bill Text: TX HB3221 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to training regarding fire safety inspections required by law.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3221 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3221-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Springer | H.B. No. 3221 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3221: | |||
| By: Dutton | C.S.H.B. No. 3221 | ||
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| relating to training regarding fire safety inspections required by | ||
| law. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 419.909(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Only an individual certified by the commission as a | ||
| fire inspector may conduct a fire safety inspection required by | ||
| a state or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance. The | ||
| following entities may provide training related to fire safety | ||
| inspections: | ||
| (1) the commi | ||
| ssion; | ||
| (2) the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' | ||
| Association of Texas; | ||
| (3) the National Fire Protection Association; | ||
| (4) a public junior college; | ||
| (5) a regional fire academy; or | ||
| (6) any state agency with authority over fire safety | ||
| inspections. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
