82R5251 NC-F
By: Truitt H.B. No. 1876
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 [a new or] existing
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.