Bill Text: TX HB518 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to fire safety inspections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Left pending in committee [HB518 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB518-Introduced.html
By: Springer | H.B. No. 518 |
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relating to fire safety inspections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 419.909, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 419.909. FIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS. (a) [ |
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law, rule, regulation, or ordinance, may only be conducted by an | ||
individual trained in accordance with the Standard for Professional | ||
Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan Examiner as established | ||
by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and certified | ||
by: | ||
(1) the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, | ||
(2) the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' | ||
Association, | ||
(3) the National Fire Protection Association, | ||
(4) the International Code Council, or | ||
(5) any other state agency with authority over fire | ||
safety inspections. | ||
(b) A fire safety inspection required by a state or local | ||
law, rule, regulation, or ordinance must be conducted in accordance | ||
with: | ||
(1) the most recent local fire code; or | ||
(2) the most recent fire code adopted by the state fire | ||
marshal. | ||
(c) This section does not apply to state agency personnel | ||
who conduct a life safety code survey of a building or facility in | ||
connection with determining whether to issue or renew a license | ||
under Chapter 142, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 251, 252, 464, | ||
466, 577, Health and Safety Code, or Chapter 103, Human Resources | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |