Tex. Health & Safety Code § 795.002 · Chapter 795. USE OF CERTAIN FIRE TRUCKS
GOOD AND DEPENDABLE CONDITION REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter applies only to a fire truck in a good and dependable operating condition. A fire truck is considered to be in a good and dependable operating condition if:
(1) the truck complies with the standards established by or under state law for the operating condition of a fire truck; and
(2) the fire department that uses the truck has secured certification by an underwriters laboratory that meets NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION STANDARDS 1901.
(b) A fire truck may not be considered to be in a condition other than a good and dependable operating condition solely because the truck is 25 years old or older.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 279, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.795.htm
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- 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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