{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-795.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 795.002","heading":"GOOD AND DEPENDABLE CONDITION REQUIRED.","body":"(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:\n(1) the truck complies with the standards established by or under state law for the operating condition of a fire truck; and\n(2) the fire department that uses the truck has secured certification by an underwriters laboratory that meets NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION STANDARDS 1901.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 279, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE C. FIRE","CHAPTER 795. USE OF CERTAIN FIRE TRUCKS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.795.htm#795.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"8122163b9713e5813ef6cf89360fcd7ceee220f1665f3526c5ea5dec7583fa32","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-795.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-795.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}