Amend SB 1678 by adding new SECTIONS 12 and 13 (house
committee report, page 12, between lines 5 and 6) to read as
follows and renumbering subsequent sections of the bill
appropriately:
      SECTION 12.  Section 92.252(a), Property Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      (a)  The duties of a landlord and the remedies of a tenant
under this subchapter are in lieu of common law, other statutory
law, and local ordinances regarding a residential landlord's duty
to install, inspect, or repair a smoke detector in a dwelling unit.
However, this subchapter does not:
            (1)  affect a local ordinance adopted before September
1, 1981, that requires landlords to install smoke detectors in new
or remodeled dwelling units before September 1, 1981, if the
ordinance conforms with or is amended to conform with this
subchapter;
            (2)  limit or prevent adoption or enforcement of a
local ordinance relating to fire safety as a part of a building,
fire, or housing code, including any requirements relating to the
installation of smoke detectors or the type of smoke detectors;
<or>
            (3)  otherwise limit or prevent the adoption of a local
ordinance that conforms to this subchapter but which contains
additional enforcement provisions, except as provided by Subsection
(b); or
            (4)  affect a local ordinance that requires regular
inspections by local officials of smoke detectors in dwelling units
and that requires smoke detectors to be operational at the time of
inspection.
      SECTION 13.  Section 3(a), Article 5.43-2, Insurance Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (a)  The provisions of this article and the rules and
regulations promulgated under this article shall have uniform force
and effect throughout the state and no municipality or county shall
enact any ordinances, rules, or regulations inconsistent with the
provisions of this article or rules and regulations promulgated
pursuant to this article and any such ordinances, rules, or
regulations are void and shall have no effect; provided, however,
that a municipality or county shall have the right to:
            (1)  mandate that a fire alarm or detection system be
installed in certain facilities, so long as said installation
conforms to applicable state law; <and>
            (2)  require a better type of alarm or detection system
or otherwise safer conditions than the minimum required by state
law; and
            (3)  require regular inspections by local officials of
smoke detectors in dwelling units, as defined by Section 92.251,
Property Code, and require the smoke detectors to be operational at
the time of inspection.