81R10421 PMO-D
By: West S.B. No. 1715
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirements for a smoke detector in multifamily
residential units.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 92.254(a), Property Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A smoke detector must be:
(1) designed to detect both the visible and invisible
products of combustion;
(2) designed with an alarm that is audible to a person
with a normal range of hearing and is capable of alerting a
hearing-impaired person in the bedrooms it serves;
(3) powered by battery, alternating current, or other
power source as required by local ordinance;
(4) tested and listed for use as a smoke detector by
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Factory Mutual Research
Corporation, or United States Testing Company, Inc.; and
(5) in good working order.
SECTION 2. Section 92.254(a), Property Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a smoke detector installed under
Subchapter F, Chapter 92, Property Code, on or after September 1,
2009.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.