By: Schwertner  S.B. No. 1506
         (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2013; March 19, 2013, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
  May 8, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent
  to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1506 By:  Carona
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to training regarding fire safety inspections required by
  law.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 419.909, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Only an individual certified by the commission as a fire
  inspector may conduct a fire safety inspection required by a state
  or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance.  The following
  entities may provide training related to fire safety inspections:
               (1)  the commission;
               (2)  the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association
  of Texas;
               (3)  the National Fire Protection Association;
               (4)  a public junior college;
               (5)  a regional fire academy; or
               (6)  any state agency with authority over fire safety
  inspections.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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