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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 multifamily |
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residential units. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 92.254(a), Property Code, is amended to |
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read as 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 that is audible to a person |
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with a normal range of hearing and is capable of alerting a |
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hearing-impaired person in the 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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SECTION 2. Section 92.254(a), Property Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a smoke detector installed under |
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Subchapter F, Chapter 92, Property Code, on or after September 1, |
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2009. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |