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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 78.103: LIABILITY OF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Where this section sits in the code
- CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE
- TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT
- CHAPTER 78. CERTAIN FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE-FIGHTING ENTITIES
- SUBCHAPTER C. FIRE-FIGHTING SERVICES
A volunteer fire department is:
(1) liable for damages described by Section 78.102 only to the extent that a county providing the same or similar services would be liable under Chapter 101; and
(2) entitled to the exclusions, exceptions, and defenses applicable to a county under Chapter 101 and other statutory or common law.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 19.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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