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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to licensing requirements for a residential fire alarm |
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technician. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 6002.154(d-2), Insurance Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d-2) An applicant for a residential fire alarm technician |
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license must provide with the required license application evidence |
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of the applicant's successful completion of the required |
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instruction from a not-for-profit training school approved by the |
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state fire marshal in accordance with Section 6002.158. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 6002.158(a) and (e), Insurance Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An applicant for approval as a training school must |
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submit an application to the state fire marshal, accompanied by the |
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applicant's complete course or testing curriculum. The applicant |
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must be a not-for-profit entity. A registered firm, [or] an |
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affiliate of a registered firm, or a for-profit business is not |
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eligible for approval as a training school. |
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(e) The curriculum for a residential fire alarm technician |
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course must consist of at least seven [eight] hours of instruction |
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on installing, servicing, and maintaining single-family and |
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two-family residential fire alarm systems as defined by National |
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Fire Protection Standard No. 72 and an examination on National Fire |
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Protection Standard No. 72 for which at least one hour is allocated |
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for completion. The examination must consist of at least 25 |
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questions, and an applicant must accurately answer at least 80 |
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percent of the questions to pass the examination. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to an application for approval or renewal of approval of a |
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training school submitted to the state fire marshal on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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application for a residential fire alarm technician license |
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submitted on or after October 1, 2012. An application submitted |
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before October 1, 2012, is governed by the law in effect immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |