2005 Texas Health & Safety Code CHAPTER 795. USE OF CERTAIN FIRE TRUCKS

HEALTH & SAFETY CODE

CHAPTER 795. USE OF CERTAIN FIRE TRUCKS


	§ 795.001. DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "fire 
department" means:         
		(1)  a volunteer fire department;  or                                         
		(2)  a department of a municipality, county, or special 
district or authority that provides fire-fighting services.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, § 279, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.          


	§ 795.002. GOOD AND DEPENDABLE CONDITION REQUIRED.  (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.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, § 279, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.          


	§ 795.003. CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS INVOLVING AGE OF FIRE 
TRUCK PROHIBITED.  A contract, including any form of an insurance 
contract, or an order, ordinance, rule, or similar decree of a local 
government or state agency may not:
		(1)  restrict a fire department from using a fire truck 
that is 25 years old or older;  or
		(2)  prevent any benefit from being claimed because the 
claim arises out of circumstances in which a fire truck that is 25 
years old or older is used.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, § 279, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.