Ryan, This is happening all over the country. This is the tack NHAB is taking in several states to set up a precedential law prior to states considering adoption the new 2009 IRC effectively making it illegal to adopt the two new provisions without repealing the law that sets a no sprinkler precendent. Go to:
http://www.firesprinklerinitiative.org/ to see what the NFPA Sprinkler Coalition is up to. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Ryan J. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I have not seen anyone mention this yet on the forum (if I missed it I > apologize for the duplicate announcement). There is a proposed bill in > Texas, HB1511, that would prohibit jurisdictions form enforcing any > requirements for fire sprinklers in one and two family dwelling that are > less than 7,500 sq.ft. This is the latest in a series of proposed bills > across the country to prevent the adoption of the 2009 IRC that includes > the residential fire sprinkler requirement. > > Details and the actual legislative alert from the Texas Fire Chiefs > Association, Texas Fire Marshal's Association and others can be viewed > at the following link: > > http://www.residentialfiresprinklers.com/blog/texas-proposed-bill-hb1511-will-limit-local-authority-to-adopt-codes/ > > Ryan J. Smith > > Residential Fire Sprinklers .com - Your Source for Home Fire Protection > http://www.ResidentialFireSprinklers.com > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman at home.... _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
