By: Fletcher H.B. No. 4051
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality to adopt requirements
for the installation of fire protection sprinkler systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sec. 1301.3565(f), Occupations Code, is amended
as follows:
(f) A plumbing inspector who meets the requirements of the
board may inspect a multipurpose residential fire protection
sprinkler installation. A certified fire inspector for a political
subdivision or state may inspect or review plans for the sprinkler
portion only of a multipurpose residential fire protection
sprinkler installation, repair or replacement.
SECTION 2. Section 1301.551(i), Occupations Code, is
amended as follows:
(i) 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 a
new [or existing] one- or two-family dwelling. [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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.