Texas Insurance Code Title 20, Chapter 6002 - Fire Detection And Alarm Device Installation

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 6002.001 - Purpose
  The purpose of this chapter is to safeguard lives and property by: (1) regulating the planning, certifying, leasing, selling, servicing, installing, monitoring, and maintaining of...
• Texas Section 6002.002 - Definitions
  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, in this chapter: (1) "Fire alarm device" means any device capable, through audible or visible means, of warning...
• Texas Section 6002.003 - Effect On Local Regulation
  (a) This chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter have uniform force and effect throughout this state. A municipality or county may not enact...

SUBCHAPTER B POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT,

• Texas Section 6002.004 - Provision Of Certain Services By Political Subdivision
  (a) In this section, "monitoring" means the receipt of fire alarm or supervisory signals or retransmission or communication of those signals to a fire service...
• Texas Section 6002.051 - Administration Of Chapter; Rules
  (a) The department shall administer this chapter. (b) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to administer this chapter, including rules the commissioner considers necessary...
• Texas Section 6002.052 - Adoption Of Rules; Standards
  (a) In adopting necessary rules, the commissioner may use: (1) recognized standards, such as, but not limited to: (A) standards of the National Fire Protection...
• Texas Section 6002.053 - Rules Restricting Advertising Or Competitive Bidding
  (a) The commissioner may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by the holder of a license or registration certificate issued under this chapter...
• Texas Section 6002.0531 - Rules Requiring Financial Responsibility
  The commissioner may not adopt a rule to administer this chapter that requires a person who holds a license under this chapter to obtain additional...
• Texas Section 6002.054 - Fees
  (a) The commissioner shall set the fee for: (1) an initial registration certificate in an amount not to exceed $500; (2) the renewal of a...
• Texas Section 6002.055 - Deposit In Operating Account
  The fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas Department of Insurance operating account. Added...

SUBCHAPTER D REGISTRATION, LICENSE, AND APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 6002.056 - Department Records
  Records maintained by the department under this chapter on the home address, home telephone number, driver's license number, or social security number of an applicant...
• Texas Section 6002.151 - Firm Registration Certificate Required; Limited Certificate
  (a) An individual or organization may not engage in the business of planning, certifying, leasing, selling, installing, servicing, monitoring, or maintaining fire alarm or fire...
• Texas Section 6002.152 - Branch Office Registration Certificate Required
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), each separate office location of a registered firm, other than the location identified on the firm's registration certificate,...
• Texas Section 6002.153 - Required Insurance Coverage For Registration Certificate
  (a) The department may not issue a registration certificate under this chapter unless the applicant files with the department evidence of a general liability insurance...
• Texas Section 6002.154 - Fire Alarm Technician, Residential Fire Alarm Superintendent, And Fire Alarm Planning Superintendent
  (a) Each registered firm, including a firm engaged in the business of planning, certifying, leasing, selling, servicing, installing, monitoring, or maintaining exclusively single station devices,...
• Texas Section 6002.155 - Activities Not Regulated By Chapter
  The licensing provisions of this chapter do not apply to: (1) an individual or organization in the business of building construction that installs electrical wiring...
• Texas Section 6002.156 - License Examination
  (a) The state fire marshal shall establish the scope and type of an examination required by this chapter. The examination must cover this chapter and...
• Texas Section 6002.157 - Examination Results
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which an examination is administered under this chapter, the state fire marshal shall send...
• Texas Section 6002.158 - Training Schools And Instructors; Approval
  (a) An applicant for approval as a training school must submit an application to the state fire marshal, accompanied by the applicant's complete course or...
• Texas Section 6002.159 - Continuing Education Programs
  (a) The commissioner may adopt procedures for certifying and may certify continuing education programs. (b) Participation in the continuing education programs is voluntary. Added by...
• Texas Section 6002.160 - Reciprocal License
  The department may waive any license requirement for an applicant who holds a license issued by another state that has license requirements substantially equivalent to...

SUBCHAPTER E RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE

• Texas Section 6002.161 - Not Transferable
  A registration certificate or license issued under this chapter is not transferable. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 1J.001,...
• Texas Section 6002.201 - Renewal Required; Fee
  (a) A renewal of a registration certificate or license issued under this chapter is valid for a period of two years. The license or registration...
• Texas Section 6002.202 - Notice Of Expiration
  At least 30 days before the expiration date of a registration certificate or license, the state fire marshal shall send written notice of the impending...
• Texas Section 6002.203 - Renewal Procedures
  (a) The holder of an unexpired registration certificate or license may renew the certificate or license by paying the required renewal fee to the department...

SUBCHAPTER F SELLING OR LEASING OF FIRE ALARM

• Texas Section 6002.204 - Renewal Of Certain Licenses
  A license holder with an unexpired license who is not employed by a registered firm at the time of the license renewal may renew that...
• Texas Section 6002.251 - Required Label; Exceptions
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), a detection or alarm device, alarm system, or item of monitoring equipment, a purpose of which...
• Texas Section 6002.252 - Required Purchase And Installation Information
  A fire detection or fire alarm device may not be sold or installed in this state unless the device is accompanied by printed information that:...

SUBCHAPTER G PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES

• Texas Section 6002.253 - Training And Supervision Of Certain Exempt Employees
  Each registered firm that employs an individual who is exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter under Section 6002.155(10) shall appropriately train and supervise...
• Texas Section 6002.301 - Prohibited Practices
  An individual or organization may not: (1) plan, certify, lease, sell, service, install, monitor, or maintain a fire alarm or fire detection device or system...
• Texas Section 6002.302 - Disciplinary Actions
  (a) The state fire marshal may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a registration certificate or license if, after notice and hearing, the...
• Texas Section 6002.303 - Disciplinary Hearing
  (a) If the state fire marshal proposes to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license or registration certificate issued under this chapter, the holder...

SUBCHAPTER H CRIMINAL PENALTY

• Texas Section 6002.304 - Reapplication Requirements
  (a) A holder of a registration certificate, license, or testing laboratory approval that has been revoked under this chapter may not file another application for...
• Texas Section 6002.351 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) An individual or organization commits an offense if the individual or organization violates Section 6002.151, 6002.152, or 6002.154. (b) An offense under this section...

Last modified: September 28, 2016