Tex. Gov't Code § 614.152 · Subchapter I. FIRE DEPARTMENT LISTING
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Fire department" means an entity that provides fire protection to an area within the state that has 9-1-1 service as determined by the Commission on State Emergency Communications.
(2) "Service" means the Texas Forest Service of The Texas A&M University System.
(3) "State fire agency" means the:
(A) Office of Rural Affairs established in the Department of Agriculture;
(B) service;
(C) Texas Commission on Fire Protection;
(D) Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service; and
(E) Texas State Fire Marshal's Office of the Texas Department of Insurance.
(4) "State fire association" means the:
(A) State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas;
(B) Texas Fire Chiefs Association;
(C) Texas Fire Marshals Association;
(D) Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts; and
(E) Texas State Association of Fire Fighters.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1215 (H.B. 1915), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 94, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1316 (S.B. 220), Sec. 3.03, eff. June 14, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.614.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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