Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 78.001 · Subchapter A. VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
LIABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A volunteer fire fighter or a volunteer fire department is not liable for damage to property resulting from the fire fighter's or the department's reasonable and necessary action in fighting or extinguishing a fire on the property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.78.htm
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