Bill Text: TX SB1759 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to fire protection sprinkler systems in residential high-rise buildings in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1759 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1759-Introduced.html
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By: Campbell | S.B. No. 1759 |
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relating to fire protection sprinkler systems in residential | ||
high-rise buildings in certain municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 766, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subchapter C to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN RESIDENTIAL | ||
HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES | ||
Sec. 766.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter, "fire | ||
protection sprinkler system" and "residential high-rise building" | ||
have the meanings assigned by Section 766.051. | ||
Sec. 766.102. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter | ||
applies only to a municipality with a population of not less than | ||
750,000 nor more than 850,000. | ||
Sec. 766.103. REQUIREMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER | ||
SYSTEM PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN BUILDINGS. (a) Except as provided by | ||
Subsection (b), a municipality may not adopt or enforce an | ||
ordinance or other measure that requires the installation of a fire | ||
protection sprinkler system in a residential high-rise building | ||
that: | ||
(1) was not required to have a sprinkler system at the | ||
time the building was initially constructed; or | ||
(2) is designated as a historically or archeologically | ||
significant site by the Texas Historical Commission or the | ||
governing body of the county or municipality in which the building | ||
is located. | ||
(b) A municipality may adopt or enforce an ordinance or | ||
other measure that requires the installation of a fire protection | ||
sprinkler system in a residential high-rise building described by | ||
Subsection (a)(1) if the building is not a building described by | ||
Subsection (a)(2) and: | ||
(1) the building qualifies for the housing for older | ||
persons exemption to the federal Fair Housing Act under 42 U.S.C. | ||
Section 3607; or | ||
(2) at least 50 percent of the occupants of the | ||
building are individuals with a handicap as defined by 42 U.S.C. | ||
Section 3602. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |