| 1 | 1 | | By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1506 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2013; March 19, 2013, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; |
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| 4 | 4 | | May 8, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent |
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| 6 | 6 | | to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1506 By: Carona |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to training regarding fire safety inspections required by |
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| 13 | 13 | | law. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 419.909, Government |
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| 16 | 16 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) Only an individual certified by the commission as a fire |
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| 18 | 18 | | inspector may conduct a fire safety inspection required by a state |
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| 19 | 19 | | or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance. The following |
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| 20 | 20 | | entities may provide training related to fire safety inspections: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) the commission; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association |
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| 23 | 23 | | of Texas; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) the National Fire Protection Association; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) a public junior college; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (5) a regional fire academy; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (6) any state agency with authority over fire safety |
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| 28 | 28 | | inspections. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 34 | 34 | | * * * * * |
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