Bill Text: TX HB518 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to fire safety inspections.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Left pending in committee [HB518 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB518-Introduced.html
| By: Springer | H.B. No. 518 | |
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| relating to fire safety inspections. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 419.909, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 419.909. FIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS. (a) [ |
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| law, rule, regulation, or ordinance, may only be conducted by an | ||
| individual trained in accordance with the Standard for Professional | ||
| Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan Examiner as established | ||
| by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and certified | ||
| by: | ||
| (1) the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, | ||
| (2) the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' | ||
| Association, | ||
| (3) the National Fire Protection Association, | ||
| (4) the International Code Council, or | ||
| (5) any other state agency with authority over fire | ||
| safety inspections. | ||
| (b) A fire safety inspection required by a state or local | ||
| law, rule, regulation, or ordinance must be conducted in accordance | ||
| with: | ||
| (1) the most recent local fire code; or | ||
| (2) the most recent fire code adopted by the state fire | ||
| marshal. | ||
| (c) This section does not apply to state agency personnel | ||
| who conduct a life safety code survey of a building or facility in | ||
| connection with determining whether to issue or renew a license | ||
| under Chapter 142, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 251, 252, 464, | ||
| 466, 577, Health and Safety Code, or Chapter 103, Human Resources | ||
| Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2019. | ||
