Texas Local Government Code
§ 250.012 — RESIDENTIAL FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
LG § 250.012Title 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES · Part C. REGULATORY AUTHORITY APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Ch. 250. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATORY AUTHORITY
Statute text
View on source(a)Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection (c), a municipality, county, or emergency services district may not enact an ordinance, bylaw, order, building code, or rule requiring the installation of a multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler system or any other fire protection sprinkler system in a new or existing one- or two-family dwelling.
(b)A municipality, county, or emergency services district may adopt an ordinance, bylaw, order, building code, or rule allowing a multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler system specialist or other contractor to offer, for a fee, the installation of a fire protection sprinkler system in a new one- or two-family dwelling.
(c)Subsection (a) does not apply to:
(1)a municipality that has enacted an ordinance, bylaw, order, building code, or rule requiring the installation of a multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler system or any other fire protection sprinkler system in a new or existing one- or two-family dwelling on or before January 1, 2009; or
(2)an emergency services district:
(A)that before February 1, 2013, has adopted a fire code, fire code amendments, or other requirements in conflict with Subsection (a); and
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Legislative history
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 152, eff. September 1, 2023. Redesignated from Local Government Code, Section 250.011 by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595), Sec. 24.001(30), eff. September 1, 2023.