| TO: | Honorable Helen Giddings, Chair, House Committee on Business & Industry |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB861 by Eissler (Relating to carbon monoxide alarms and smoke detectors in certain residential dwellings.), As Introduced |
The bill would require each one-family and two-family dwelling that has a household appliance or heating system that burns fossil fuel to have a working carbon monoxide alarm installed in the dwelling if construction commences after January 1, 2008. Dwellings constructed before January 1, 2008, must have a working carbon monoxide alarm installed before the owner can sell or transfer ownership of the dwelling. The same requirements would apply to smoke detectors.
The Health and Human Service Commission (HHSC) is required to adopt rules to implement the bill, which would have a workload impact that can be absorbed within existing resources. HHSC assumes that the agency would have no enforcement or monitoring responsibilities related to sales transactions, nor any compliance enforcement activities.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2007.
| Source Agencies: | 332 Department of Housing and Community Affairs, 370 Residential Construction Commission, 529 Health and Human Services Commission
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, JRO, PP, MB
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