LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 13, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Kim Brimer, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 530
         Committee on Business & Industry               By: Van de Putte
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
530 (relating to the installation of smoke detectors with visual
alarms in leased dwellings) this office has determined the
following:

The bill would amend the Property Code to include visual alarm
smoke detectors in the sections relating to smoke detectors.  In
addition, Section 92.2545 is added to require a landlord, upon
request of a hearing-impaired tenant, to install a visual smoke
detector in each separate bedroom in the dwelling unit that is
occupied by the hearing-impaired tenant.


No significant fiscal implication to the State or units of local
government is anticipated.


Source:   The University of Texas System, School for the Deaf
          LBB Staff: JK, UP, RR