Texas Local Government Code Title 11, Chapter 352 - County Fire Protection
SUBCHAPTER A PROTECTION OF COUNTY RESIDENTS
- Texas Section 352.001 - Fire Protection Of County Residents
(a) The commissioners court of a county may furnish fire protection or fire-fighting equipment to the residents of the county or of an adjoining county...
- Texas Section 352.002 - Use Of Surplus Or Salvage Property By Volunteer Fire Department
(a) In this section: (1) "Surplus property" means personal property that is in excess of the needs of its owner, that is not required for...
- Texas Section 352.003 - Fire Protection In Certain Counties
(a) For use in protecting bridges, county shops, county warehouses, and other property located outside the municipalities in a county with a population of 350,001...
- Texas Section 352.004 - Agency; Liability
(a) In this section, "furnishing fire protection" includes traveling to or from a fire. (b) The act of a person who, in carrying out a...
- Texas Section 352.005 - Contractual Provision Of Fire-fighting Equipment Or Services
(a) This section applies to a county with a population of 350,000 or more. (b) By an order or resolution passed by majority vote, the...
SUBCHAPTER B COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL
- Texas Section 352.006 - Sale Of Used Fire Protection Or Fire-fighting Equipment To Certain Volunteer Fire Departments
(a) In this section, "volunteer fire department" means an association that: (1) operates fire-fighting equipment; (2) is organized primarily to provide and actively provides fire-fighting...
- Texas Section 352.011 - Creation Of Office; Term
(a) The commissioners court of a county may establish the office of county fire marshal and provide office facilities, equipment, transportation, assistants, and professional services...
- Texas Section 352.012 - Qualifications For Office
(a) To qualify for office, the county fire marshal must take the oath prescribed by the constitution of this state and post a bond as...
- Texas Section 352.013 - Investigation Of Fires
(a) The county fire marshal shall: (1) investigate the cause, origin, and circumstances of fires that occur within the county but outside the municipalities in...
- Texas Section 352.014 - Record Of Investigation
The county fire marshal shall keep a record of each fire that the marshal is required to investigate. The record must include the facts, statistics,...
- Texas Section 352.015 - Arson Investigation
(a) If the county fire marshal determines that further investigation of a fire or of an attempt to set a fire is necessary, the marshal...
- Texas Section 352.016 - Inspection Or Review Of Plan For Fire Or Life Safety Hazards
(a) In this section, "fire or life safety hazard" means any condition that endangers the safety of a structure or its occupants and promotes or...
- Texas Section 352.017 - Privacy Of Examinations; Service Of Process
(a) In a proceeding under this subchapter, the county fire marshal may: (1) conduct an investigation or examination in private; (2) exclude a person who...
- Texas Section 352.018 - Effect On Civil Actions
(a) An action taken by a county fire marshal in the investigation of a fire does not affect the rights of a policyholder or of...
- Texas Section 352.019 - Cooperation With Other Fire Protection Agencies
(a) The county fire marshal shall enforce all state and county regulations that relate to fires, explosions, or damages of any kind caused by a...
- Texas Section 352.020 - Liability
The county fire marshal and the assistants and employees of the office are not liable in damages for any acts or omissions in the performance...
- Texas Section 352.021 - Contempt Of Fire Investigation Proceedings
(a) A person commits an offense if the person is a witness in connection with an investigation under Section 352.015 and refuses to be sworn,...
- Texas Section 352.022 - Penalty For Failure To Comply With Order
An owner or occupant who is subject to an order issued under Section 352.016 commits an offense if that person fails to comply with the...
SUBCHAPTER C FIREWORKS
- Texas Section 352.023 - Exemption
This subchapter does not apply to a state agency that is authorized to prevent and extinguish forest and grass fires. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch....
SUBCHAPTER D OUTDOOR BURNING
- Texas Section 352.051 - Regulation Of Restricted Fireworks
(a) For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Restricted fireworks" means only those items classified under 49 C.F.R. Sec. 173.100(r)(2)...
- Texas Section 352.081 - Regulation Of Outdoor Burning
(a) In this section, "drought conditions" means the existence of a long-term deficit of moisture creating atypically severe conditions with increased wildfire occurrence as defined...
SUBCHAPTER E GATED COMMUNITIES AND MULTI-UNIT HOUSING PROJECTS
- Texas Section 352.082 - Outdoor Burning Of Household Refuse In Certain Residential Areas
(a) This section applies only to the unincorporated area of a county: (1) that is adjacent to a county with a population of 3.3 million...
- Texas Section 352.111 - Gated Community Or Housing Project Subject To Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to a gated community, or to a multi-unit housing project that controls access to the project by a pedestrian or vehicular...
- Texas Section 352.112 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Gated community" means a residential subdivision or housing development with a vehicular or pedestrian gate that contains two or more dwellings...
- Texas Section 352.113 - County Authority To Regulate Vehicular Or Pedestrian Gates To Gated Communities And Multi-unit Housing Projects
To assure reasonable access for fire-fighting vehicles and equipment, emergency medical services vehicles, and law enforcement officers, a county may require the owner or the...
- Texas Section 352.114 - Lockbox Requirements
(a) Each vehicular gate to the gated community or multi-unit housing project must have a lockbox within sight of the gate and in close proximity...
- Texas Section 352.1145 - Siren-operated Sensor Systems For Electric Gates
The commissioners court of a county by order may require that each electric gate to a gated community or multiunit housing project be equipped with...
- Texas Section 352.115 - Additional Accessibility Requirements
(a) In a gated community or multi-unit housing project that has one or more vehicular gates: (1) at least one vehicular gate must be wide...
- Texas Section 352.116 - Building Identification
A county may require each residential building in a multi-unit housing project to have a number or letter in a contrasting color on the side...
- Texas Section 352.117 - County Authority To Require Permit
(a) A county may require the owner or the owners association of a gated community or multi-unit housing project to obtain a permit from the...
- Texas Section 352.118 - Suspension Or Revocation Of License
(a) A permit issued under this subchapter may be suspended or revoked for violation of this subchapter or a regulation adopted under this subchapter after...
- Texas Section 352.119 - Limitation On Specific County Standards
(a) A county may not impose under this subchapter specific standards relating to vehicular gate widths, obstacle-free driveway aprons or entrances, pedestrian gate locations, or...
- Texas Section 352.120 - Offense
A person who violates this subchapter or a regulation adopted under this subchapter in a county that requires compliance with this subchapter under Section 352.113...
Last modified: September 28, 2016