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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements for a smoke detector in a multifamily |
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residential unit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This bill is enacted to honor the memory of |
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Sephra Burks. |
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SECTION 2. Section 92.254, Property Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A smoke detector must be: |
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(1) designed to detect both the visible and invisible |
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products of combustion; |
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(2) designed with an alarm audible to a person in the |
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bedrooms it serves; |
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(3) powered by battery, alternating current, or other |
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power source as required by local ordinance; |
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(4) tested and listed for use as a smoke detector by |
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Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Factory Mutual Research |
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Corporation, or United States Testing Company, Inc.; and |
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(5) in good working order. |
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(a-1) If requested by a tenant as an accommodation for a |
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person with a hearing-impairment disability or as required by law |
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as a reasonable accommodation for a person with a |
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hearing-impairment disability, a smoke detector must, in addition |
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to complying with Subsection (a), be capable of alerting a |
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hearing-impaired person in the bedrooms it serves. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. |
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Amend S.B. 1715 (engrossed version), in SECTION 3 of the bill |
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(page 2, line 3), by striking "September 1, 2009" and substituting |
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"January 1, 2010". |
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