Tex.
Local Gov't Code Section 250.012
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 Control and Improvement Districts), Water Code; and(ii)
in a county that has a population of more than 1.2 million and is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 600,000.
Source:
Section 250.012 — Residential Fire Protection Sprinkler Systems, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.250.htm#250.012 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).
