Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 315 (H.B. 738), Sec. 4
For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 305 (S.B. 911), Sec. 7, see other Sec. 250.011.
For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 978 (S.B. 2188), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 250.011.
Sec. 250.011. RESIDENTIAL FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. (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
(B) whose territory is located:
(i) in or adjacent to a general law municipality with a population of less than 4,000 that is served by a water control and improvement district governed by Chapter 51, Water Code; and
(ii) in a county that has a population of more than one million and is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 420,000.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 315 (H.B. 738), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2022.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities
Subtitle C - Regulatory Authority Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government
Chapter 250 - Miscellaneous Regulatory Authority
Section 250.001. Restriction on Regulation of Sport Shooting Ranges
Section 250.002. Regulation of Amateur Radio Antennas
Section 250.003. Personal Liability of Nonowners
Section 250.004. Agent for Service; Notice of Citation
Section 250.005. Other Remedies Unaffected
Section 250.006. Graffiti Removal
Section 250.007. Regulation of Rental or Leasing of Housing Accommodations
Section 250.008. Linkage Fees Prohibited
Section 250.009. Certain Sales of Beverages by Children
Section 250.010. Battery-Charged Fences
Section 250.011. Residential Immigrant or Refugee Child Detention Facilities
Section 250.011. Third-Party Food Delivery Services
Section 250.011. Residential Fire Protection Sprinkler Systems