83R3216 JRR-F By: Bohac H.B. No. 458 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to eligibility requirements for a residential fire alarm training school instructor. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 6002.158(c), Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) Training school instructors must be approved by the state fire marshal. To be eligible for approval, an instructor must: (1) hold a fire alarm planning superintendent license, a residential fire alarm superintendent license, or a fire alarm technician license; and (2) have at least three years of experience in fire alarm installation, service, or monitoring. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an application for approval or renewal of approval of a training school instructor submitted to the state fire marshal on or after the effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.