Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 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, Sec. 279, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Source: Section 795.002 — Good and Dependable Condition Required, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­795.­htm#795.­002 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

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