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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to fire protection sprinkler system requirements for |
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certain residential buildings by municipalities, counties, and |
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emergency services districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 250.011(a), Local Government Code, as |
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added by Chapter 315 (H.B. 738), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by |
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Subsection (c), a municipality, county, or emergency services |
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district may not enact an ordinance, bylaw, order, building code, |
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or rule that in any manner requires or conditions, directly or |
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indirectly, any regulatory approval on [requiring] the |
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installation of a multipurpose residential fire protection |
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sprinkler system or any other fire protection sprinkler system in a |
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new or existing one- or two-family dwelling. |
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SECTION 2. The amendment by this Act of Section 250.011, |
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Local Government Code, is intended to clarify rather than change |
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existing law. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |