HB3209 - Relating to carbon monoxide detectors in certain properties.

  89R9900 MCF-D     By: Morales of Harris H.B. No. 3209       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to carbon monoxide detectors in certain properties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 770 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 770. CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN CERTAIN PROPERTIES           Sec. 770.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                 (1)     "Carbon monoxide detector" means a device designed   to detect the presence of a harmful level of carbon monoxide gas and   sound a warning alarm.                 (2)     "Executive commissioner" means the executive   commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.           Sec.   770.002.     APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to   the following properties for which construction begins on or after   September 1, 2025:                 (1)     residential real property as defined by Section   22.001, Business & Commerce Code;                 (2)     a multiunit residential property as defined by   Section 125.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code;                 (3)     a residential facility as defined by Section   51.9362, Education Code;                 (4)     a commercial lodging establishment as defined by   Section 660.002, Government Code;                 (5)     a fraternity or sorority house as defined by   Section 766.0025; and                 (6)     any other residential property prescribed by   executive commissioner rule.           Sec.   770.003.     REQUIRED INSTALLATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE   DETECTOR. (a) The owner of a property described by Section 770.002   shall ensure the property is equipped with a carbon monoxide   detector in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter.           (b)     The owner of a property described by Section 770.002 may   not sell, lease, or otherwise transfer ownership of the property   unless the property is equipped with a carbon monoxide detector in   accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.           Sec.   770.004.     RULES. The executive commissioner shall   adopt the rules necessary to implement this chapter, including   rules prescribing for each type of property described by Section   770.002 the required placement, installation, and number of carbon   monoxide detectors and the maintenance procedures for the   detectors.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human   Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement   Chapter 770, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a property described by Section 770.002, Health and Safety Code,   as added by this Act, for which construction begins on or after the   effective date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.