H.B. No. 458
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 458 was passed by the House on April
18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 458 was passed by the Senate on May
13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor