El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99B, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1984 Page: 2 of 38
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Wednesday, August 15,1984
Law: Landlords Must
Provide Smoke Alarms
Smoke detectors must lx*
installed and working
properly in all rental
property dwelling units by
Sept I, according to Hire
Marshal (iarland Myers
Myers said this week that
he wants all ow ners of rental
property to be aware of the
law, as the local fire
department will enforce it
He is contacting landlords
now to remind them that the
law goes into effect Sept 1
In 1981 the Texas
Legislature passed a law.
Property Code Subchapter
F. that defines the type of
detector to be used along w ith
its installation and location.
Landlord and tenant
responsibilities are also
outlined within tlx* code.
According to the law a
smoke detector must:
• detect both visible and
invisible products of com
bust ion.
• have an alarm audible in
all bedrooms it serves;
• be powered by battery,
alternating current, or other
power source;
• be tested and listed by
Underwriters Laboratories,
fnc., Factory Mutual
Research Corp , or United
States Testing ( <> , Inc . and
• be in good working order
• The power system and
installation procedure must
Comply with applicable local
Ordinances.
In new construction, Indore
the tenant takes |H>ssession,
the landlord shall install at
least one detector outside, but
hi the vicinity of. each
separate bedroom except:
• It the unit is designed to
use a single room lor dining,
living, and sleeping, the
detector must be inside the
room
• It bedrooms are served by
one corridor, a smoke
detector must be in the im-
mediate vicinity of the
Ix'drooms
• II at least one bedroom is
located above the living and
cooking area, the detector
must be placed in the center
ol the ceiling directly alxive
the topol the stairway.
II a dwelling unit was oc-
cupied or building permit was
issued for construction before
Sept 1, 1981, the landlord
must install at least one
smoke detector in ac-
cordance w ith the new code.
before Sept 1.1984 a tenant
may install a battery
o|>erated detector without
landlord's prior consent
according to code for in-
stallation. The tenant may
remove the detector but must
pay for unnecessary
damages to the dwelling.
Installation must be made
according to manufacturer's
recommendations. If in-
stalled on a ceiling it must be
no closer than 8 inches to a
wall; il on a wall, it must lx*
no closer than 0 inches and no
farther than 12 inches from
tlx* ceiling
The landlord shall inspect
and repair the detector ac-
cording to recommended
procedures at the beginning
ol tenant's possession, at the
time ol installation and any
time the tenant gives the
landlord notification The
tenant must pay in advance
lor repair ol damage done to
detector due to his
negligence.
The landlord is liable il
detector is not installed,
repaired or inspected within
seven days after tenant's
w ritten request
Tenant remedies include:
court order directing lan-
dlord to comply; judgment
against landlord for damages
suffered by tenant or for one
month's rent plus $100, or for
court costs and attorney’s
fees, or unilateral ter-
mination of lease without
court proceeding
Landlord has defense to
liability if the tenant has not
paid all rent due at time
tenant notifies landlord of his
request, or if on date tenant
terminates lease or files suit
tenant has not fully paid costs
requested by landlord and
authorized in the code.
The fire marshal's office
will provide extra copies of
the law for those who are
interested A copy can also be
lound on tlx* bulletin board of
the Kmergency Services
( enter.
Short Stories
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L-N Photo by Nancy Lavender
‘ ‘ \ ice Doggies! ’ ’
Jaycee Luis Lopez contends with curious canines as he knocks on doors in
tlx* Town and Country Estates area Saturday morning. Lopez and six
other Jaycees collected money and gave out information in an eftort to
assist the West Wharton Unit of the American Cancer Fund. The drive
ends Aug. 31.
I)istrihutcs l’ani(>lil<‘U
Jaycees Aid Cance Knock-Out
%
; Word comes that tin*
Ricchird Rooster Club has
finalized plans for the annual
fund raiser barbecue. It will
be on I Inn sil l v . \ug. 23, ill
Conjiinclion with the Iticehird
football scrimmage with
Roekport. Tickets are
available at all three local
banks. Chairman of the
barbecue is reported to lx*
.J l* \nderson.
Thanks goes out to the F.l
l.inipo Jaycees from the
West Wharton County l nil of
the \ meric a n Cancer
Society. Tlx* Jaycees hit the
streets m the northwest part
ol F.l Campo Saturday. Final
results are not available. II
von were not contacted, or
did not give, it is not too late
In fact, vou can give a
donation as a memorial. I onk
at il this wav think of four
friends or familv members
One of those four will gel
cancer sometime during then
lifetime unless cures and
preventions are found. You
can help by sending a check
to the \mericnn Cancer
Society. R.O. Box I2H.'>. FI
< ampo.
\ml an Vug. *l art ielr in Tlx*
Vlpine Vvalanche reported
that (,iiv Stovall spent some
time at his ranch near
Marathon recently. Stovall
reportedlv talked to some
Vrmv helicopter pilots who
use his ranch to practice
maneuvers on who said they
have seen many panthers in
that area
Tlx* st Vndrew Summer
Festival will be held Sunday
at the church’s parish hall in
llillje. Serving of barbecue
beef, sausage and trimmings
begins at II am. followed hv
an auction at I pm. country
slot** bake sale, cake walk
.mil games
The FI Campo High School
( lass of 1981 is hav ing its 20-
vear reunion in November.
( lass members should call
Vicki Benxlt at 513-8119 or
I v nil Reed at 513-297N if they
have information or ad-
di esses on the following:
I inda Turner. Clarence
Wendel. Michael Wilson,
Finilia (iregorcyk, Margaret
(inn/alcs. David Moore. Roy
Shultz. Robert Noska. Janet
Room*. Vlbert Room*. Ronald
Room* and Rubin ( ov.
(•rndv Wadsworth. Region
II director of Texas
Vssoeiation of Nurserymen,
will participate in T AV
VII SSL VR K, the largest
nurserv and garden supply
show in the nation beginning
this Fridav in the Vstrohall.
Kxhibitors have reserved
I. mo booths for the four-day
show, with Iu.non people from
It states and 12 foreign
countries expected to attend
The El Campo Jaycees
supplied the manpower
Saturday morning by
knocking on doors for the
Wt*st W harton County Unit of
the American Cancer
Society; the Cancer Society
supplied tlx* material and the
information
The Jaycees distributed
pamphlets about cancer
while soliciting lunds tor the
ACS Approximately $272 has
already been received, ac-
cording to Jaycee Jimmy
Triska, although all of the
money has not been collected
from the men who worked the
drive.
Most of the people who
answered their doors were
pretty receptive, according to
Triska. “Some said they
would mail it in."
The Jaycees had little time
to prepare for the drive
The ACS contacted them
requesting assistance about a
week before the drive was
held, according to Kandv
Collins, Jaycee president
“We had more manpower
and the time." Collins said
"We didn’t have anything
planned that Saturday
“We had trouble getting
help. ’ said Ruth Speckels,
memorial chairman of the
West Wharton County Unit
She contacted the Jaycees to
ask for their help “The
district representative
usually talks to people,"
Speckels said, “but she was
busy and they wanted
someone to talk ’’ The
Jayceesresponded
The end of the fiscal year is
approaching for the Cancer
Society and the West W harton
County Unit needs to finish its
drive by Aug. 31
— Asbestos Tests Questioned By School Board
(Continued from Page i>
something wasn't right."
Thedford said The test
results were so different, he
said, that he suspected either
tlx* company or the
laboratory it used. Con
tmental Technical Services
K’-Tok) of Dallas, was
unreliable
On the second test result
sheet, under the column
• m a r k ed ‘‘Analysis
ASBESTOS is written .diet
each sample V footnote
identifies the subst.ux e as
('III v sol lie a I v |M* ol .isU sios
Since I hedlord tell tlx List
two test results were
questionable anothei inn
Southwestern I also .dories ot
Dallas was lined to nm a
third t<*s| using an samples
tatbei than bulk samples
The same rooms were tested
with student piesenl uiidei
normal rltiwrmin conditions
Ome again (ihusc contrast
Milt tost opv w as used
South w estcMl s fepoft
samples, though Thedford
pointed out that the highest.
0 91 per cubic centimeter,
was far below the oc-
cupational standard for
asbestos sot by the
Occupational Safety and
Health Ad ministration
OSH A ’ which is 2.0 per
cubic centimeter No
minimum standards have
Itoen established for schools
Southwestern said in its
report It should lx* noted
that the phase contrast
mn ioscopv technique is not
s|«ecdic for asliestos ld*er
1 be use ol optical tests such
as )N>lari/cd light retar
da lion plates ami dispersion
staining may be used to
ddterentiatc Othei 111 >t oils
materials Irnm .ivlirvtov
Hollis wrote Southwestern
intot ming them ol the
oiigmal s|h*cs and asking
them to do "any test
net ess,•( v to determine it
aslieslos is piesenl lie
earlier
Results of the most recent
test, a polarized light
microscopy test conducted by
Southwestern, show no
asliestos present many of the
areas tested earlier
In the report on the first
test, dated May 20. 1983.
Simoneaux listed 45,200 sq ft
ol a sliest ns m ECISD. with
IH.tOUsq ft at Hutchins. 4.800
at Norths xle. 2.800 at
Soulhside. 4.700 at F,( JUS
and 14 000at Fd Hs
School districts w ere
required to test lor asliestos
bv the Fin ironmental
Prolix turn Vgency ERA in
R«C! t lx- mandate stall*'* that
districts must record the
liH.itions ot such materials
and post notices and
tamihai i/e stall students
and v isitnrs ot the presence ot
aslN’slos and means to avoid
e\|M»sure though do*!nets
ale not Inquired to submit
report* to H»\ that ug. no
Karen Brown, a spokesman
with the ERA regional office
in Dallas, said 'Tuesday that
EUA requires that either
polarized light microscopy or
an electron microscope scan
tie used The phase contrast
method is not acceptable, she
said
Asbestos, in >i friable
crushable state, damages
tlie lungs causes lung cancer
and can damage other in
ternal organs The substance
was used m celling tiles and
insulation materials which,
when damaged, can frix*
I liters
Rooms test ixl were El
( ampo High School, building
E. room 24 ECUS science
building L. lecture room El
Uampo Junior High School,
room D 14 i/ouise Hutchins
Elementary, room 3;
Southsxle Elementary, room
11. and Northside cafeteria
dining area
ECISD spent a total of
$4,250 tor the testing C-Tek
charged $1,800 for the first
ti*st and $l.'»(i lor the second,
while Southwestern
Latxiratories charged $1,950
lor air sampling and $1,350
lor the polarized light
microscopy
Watch Out
For School Children;
School Starts Monday
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99B, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1984, newspaper, August 15, 1984; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1018278/m1/2/?q=library+literature+and+Information+Science: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.