{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-352.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 352.004","heading":"AGENCY; LIABILITY.","body":"(a) In this section, \"furnishing fire protection\" includes traveling to or from a fire.\n(b) The act of a person who, in carrying out a county's authority to provide fire protection, furnishes fire protection to a county resident who lives outside the municipalities in the county, including the act of a person who is a regular employee or fire fighter of a municipality, is considered to be the act of an agent of the county.\n(c) A municipality is not liable for the act of its employee in fighting fires outside the municipality under a contract between the commissioners court of the county and the governing body of the municipality.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 352. COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION","SUBCHAPTER A. PROTECTION OF COUNTY RESIDENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.352.htm#352.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"95b8c272e15af9d331bbd9849f84d8786a098ac76d77fd2026907d854f205bcb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-352.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-352.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}