Texas Administrative Code
Title 28 - INSURANCE
Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
Chapter 34 - STATE FIRE MARSHAL
Subchapter F - FIRE ALARM RULES
Section 34.613 - Applications

(1) Applications for approvals, certificates, and branch office certificates must be submitted on the forms adopted by reference in § 34.630 of this title (relating to Application and Renewal Forms) and be accompanied by all fees, documents, and information required by Insurance Code Chapter 6002, concerning Fire Detection and Alarm Device Installation, and this subchapter. An application will not be deemed complete until all required forms, fees, and documents have been received in the State Fire Marshal's Office.

(2) Applications must be signed by the sole proprietor, or by each partner of a partnership, or by an officer of a corporation. For applicants using an assumed name, the application must also be accompanied by evidence of compliance with the Assumed Business or Professional Name Act, Texas Business and Commerce Code Chapter 71. The application must also include written authorization by the applicant permitting the state fire marshal or the state fire marshal's representative to enter, examine, and inspect any premises, building, room, or establishment used by the applicant while engaged in the business to determine compliance with the provisions of Insurance Code Chapter 6002 and this subchapter.

(3) For corporations, the application must also include the name of each shareholder owning more than 25% of the shares issued by the corporation; the corporate taxpayer identification number; the charter number; a copy of the corporate charter of a Texas corporation or, in the case of a foreign corporation, a copy of the Texas certificate of authority to do business; and a copy of the corporation's current franchise tax certificate from the State Comptroller's Office showing it is in active status.

(4) A registered firm must employ at least one full-time licensed individual at each location of a main or branch office.

(5) Insurance is required as follows:

(6) A firm billing a customer for monitoring is engaged in the business of monitoring and must comply with the insurance requirements of this subchapter for a monitoring firm.

(7) Applicants for a certificate of registration who engage in monitoring must provide the specific business locations where monitoring will take place and the name and license number of the fire alarm licensees at each business location. A fire alarm licensee may not serve in this capacity for a registered firm other than the firm applying for a certificate of registration. In addition, the applicants must provide evidence of listing or certification as a central station by a testing laboratory approved by the commissioner and a statement that the monitoring service complies with NFPA 72, as adopted in § 34.607 of this title (relating to Adopted Standards).

(8) Applicants for a certificate of registration--single station must provide a statement, signed by the sole proprietor, a partner of a partnership, or by an officer of the corporation, indicating that the firm exclusively engages in the business of planning, certifying, leasing, selling, servicing, installing, monitoring, or maintaining single station devices.

(1) To be complete, applications for a license from an employee or agent of a registered firm must be submitted on forms provided by the state fire marshal and be accompanied by all fees, documents, a criminal history report from the Texas Department of Public Safety, and information required by Insurance Code Chapter 6002 and this subchapter. Applications must be signed by the applicant and by a person authorized to sign on behalf of the registered firm. All applicants for any type of license must successfully complete a qualifying test as required in Insurance Code Chapter 6002 and this subchapter as designated by the State Fire Marshal's Office. The qualifying test, given as part of the training for residential fire alarm technician license, must include questions regarding Insurance Code Chapter 6002 and this subchapter. For a natural person to be eligible for any fire alarm license, the natural person must start the application or registration process by submitting a formal request for a fingerprint service code by completing the fingerprinting process information required on the department's website at www.tdi.texas.gov/fire/fingerprinting-process.html. The requesting natural person must submit information necessary to complete the fingerprint service code request, including the natural person's name, natural person's state of residence, natural person's email address, and license type the natural person is applying for.

(2) Applicants for fire alarm technician licenses must:

(3) Applicants for a fire alarm monitoring technician license must successfully complete a technical qualifying test as designated by the State Fire Marshal's Office, or provide evidence of current registration in Texas as a registered engineer.

(4) Applicants for a residential fire alarm superintendent (single station) license must successfully complete a technical qualifying test as designated by the State Fire Marshal's Office.

(5) Applicants for a residential fire alarm superintendent license must:

(6) Applications for a fire alarm planning superintendent license must be accompanied by one of the following documents as evidence of technical qualifications for a license:

(7) An applicant for a residential fire alarm technician license must provide evidence of the applicant's successful completion of the required residential fire alarm technician training course from a training school approved by the State Fire Marshal's Office.

(1) Instructor approvals. An applicant for approval as an instructor must:

(2) Training school approvals.

(1) In order to be complete, renewal applications for certificates, licenses, instructor approvals, and training school approvals must be submitted on the forms adopted by reference in § 34.630 of this title and be accompanied by all fees, documents, a criminal history report from the Texas Department of Public Safety, and information required by Insurance Code Chapter 6002 and this subchapter. A complete renewal application deposited with the United States Postal Service is deemed to be timely filed, regardless of actual date of delivery, when its envelope bears a postmark date that is before the expiration of the certificate or license being renewed.

(2) A licensee with an unexpired license who is not employed by a registered firm at the time of the licensee's renewal may renew that license, but the licensee may not engage in any activity for which the license was granted until the licensee is employed and qualified by a registered firm.