Tex. Gov't Code § 614.071 · Subchapter F. RURAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Director" means the director of the Texas Forest Service.
(2) "Fund" means the rural volunteer fire department insurance fund.
(3) "Partially paid fire department" means a fire department operated by its members that includes:
(A) some volunteer members; and
(B) not more than 20 paid members.
(4) "Program" means the rural volunteer fire department insurance program.
(5) "Service" means the Texas Forest Service, an agency of The Texas A&M University System.
(6) "Volunteer fire department" means a fire department operated by its members, including a partially paid fire department, that:
(A) is operated on a not-for-profit basis, including a department exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed as an exempt organization in Section 501(c)(3) of that code; and
(B) participates in a firefighter certification program administered:
(i) under Section 419.071;
(ii) by the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas; or
(iii) by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1363, Sec. 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.614.htm
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