87R5223 MWC-F
By: Johnson S.B. No. 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to continuing education programs for fire detection and
alarm device installation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6002.052(b), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Under rules adopted under Section 6002.051, the
department may create specialized licenses or registration
certificates for an organization or individual engaged in the
business of planning, certifying, leasing, selling, servicing,
installing, monitoring, or maintaining fire alarm or fire detection
devices or systems. The rules must establish appropriate training
and qualification standards and continuing education requirements
for each kind of license and certificate.
SECTION 2. Section 6002.159(b), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) If the commissioner certifies continuing education
programs under this section, the commissioner by rule shall require
license holders to participate [Participation] in the [continuing
education] programs [is voluntary].
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a license issued or renewed on or after the effective date of
this Act. A license issued or renewed 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.