| (a) Required. Each person or organization, before engaging
in business in this state as an independent fire protection sprinkler
contractor on or for any fire protection sprinkler system, must obtain
a certificate of registration from the state fire marshal. A registered
firm may not subcontract with an unregistered firm to allow the unregistered
firm as an independent contractor to perform any act of a fire protection
sprinkler contractor.
(b) Business location. A specific business location
must be maintained by each registered firm at a location that must
be indicated on the certificate. The business location must be a physical
address, not a mailing address or P.O. Box.
(c) Posting. Each certificate must be posted conspicuously
for public view at the business location.
(d) Change of ownership.
(1) The total change of a firm's ownership invalidates
the current certificate. To ensure continuance of the business, a
new application for a new certificate should be submitted to the state
fire marshal 14 days before the change.
(2) A partial change in a firm's ownership will require
a revised certificate if it affects the firm's name, location, or
mailing address.
(e) Change of corporate officers. Any change of corporate
officers must be reported in writing to the state fire marshal within
14 days. This change does not require a revised certificate.
(f) Duplicate certificates. A duplicate certificate
must be obtained from the state fire marshal to replace a lost or
destroyed certificate. The certificate holder must submit written
notification of the loss or destruction without delay, accompanied
by the required fee.
(g) Revised certificates. The change of a firm's name,
location, or mailing address requires a revised certificate. Within
14 days after the change requiring the revision the certificate holder
must submit written notification of the necessary change, accompanied
by the required fee.
(h) Nontransferable. A certificate is neither temporarily
nor permanently transferable from one firm to another.
(i) Types.
(1) General--This certificate permits a fire protection
sprinkler system contractor to conduct the planning, sales, installation,
maintenance, or servicing of any fire protection sprinkler system
or any part of such a system.
(2) Dwelling--This certificate permits the fire protection
sprinkler system contractor to conduct the planning, sales, installation,
maintenance, or servicing of a one- or two-family dwelling fire protection
sprinkler system or any part of such a system.
(3) Underground Fire Main--This certificate permits
a fire protection sprinkler system contractor to conduct the sales,
installation, maintenance, or servicing, but not the planning, of
an assembly of underground piping or conduits that conveys water with
or without other agents, used as an integral part of any type of fire
protection sprinkler system.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §34.710 adopted to be effective May 10, 1984, 9 TexReg 2380; amended to be effective April 14, 1989, 14 TexReg 1644; transferred effective September 1, 1991, as published in the Texas Register March 6, 1992, 17 TexReg 1745; amended to be effective August 26, 1996, 21 TexReg 7663; transferred effective September 1, 1997, as published in the Texas Register November 14, 1997, 22 TexReg 11091; amended to be effective April 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1716; amended to be effective August 29, 2019, 44 TexReg 4481 |
