Tex. Prop. Code § 2.002 · Chapter 2. NATURE OF PROPERTY
DRY FIRE HYDRANTS: AGREEMENT IS PERSONAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An agreement between an owner, lessee, or occupant of real property and a fire-fighting agency relating to the connection of a dry fire hydrant to a source of water on the property or the installation of a dry fire hydrant on the property may not bind a subsequent owner, lessee, or occupant of the real property.
(b) In this section:
(1) "Dry fire hydrant" means a fire hydrant that is connected to a stock tank, pond, or other similar source of water from which water is pumped in case of fire.
(2) "Fire-fighting agency" means any entity that provides fire-fighting services, including:
(A) a volunteer fire department; and
(B) a political subdivision of this state authorized to provide fire-fighting services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 437, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.2.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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