Texas Local Government Code Title 11, Chapter 342 - Municipal Fire Protection

SUBCHAPTER A PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY

• Texas Section 342.001 - Subchapter Applicable To Type A General-law Municipality
  This subchapter applies only to a Type A general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
• Texas Section 342.002 - Rules Relating To Frame Buildings
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may, for the purpose of preventing calamitous fires, prohibit the construction, location, relocation, or repair of wooden buildings...
• Texas Section 342.003 - Fire Regulations
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may: (1) prohibit dangerous chimneys, flues, fireplaces, stovepipes, ovens, and other apparatus used in or about any building,...
• Texas Section 342.004 - Fire Department
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may organize a fire department consisting of fire companies and the chief and any assistant engineers. The governing...

SUBCHAPTER B PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY

• Texas Section 342.005 - Destruction Of Buildings; Claim
  (a) If a building in the municipality is on fire, the chief or acting chief engineer of the fire department with the concurrence of the...
• Texas Section 342.011 - Fire Department
  A home-rule municipality may provide for a fire department. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
• Texas Section 342.012 - Designation Of Fire Limits; Removal Or Destruction Of Structures
  (a) A home-rule municipality may establish fire limits and may prescribe the kind and character of structures and other improvements erected within those limits. (b)...

SUBCHAPTER C MUTUAL FIRE-PROTECTION AGREEMENTS

• Texas Section 342.013 - Confiscation Of Certain Fireworks Prohibited; Affirmative Defense
  (a) A home-rule municipality that regulates fireworks may not confiscate packaged, unopened fireworks. (b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for possession of fireworks...

SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 342.020 - Mutual Fire-protection Agreements In Border Municipalities
  (a) A municipality in this state that is located on the border between this state and the Republic of Mexico may make a mutual fire-protection...
• Texas Section 342.901 - Fire Suppression Standards In Certain Municipalities
  (a) This section applies to a general law municipality that: (1) has a population of less than 4,000; (2) is located in a county that:...

Last modified: September 28, 2016