Sec. 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 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.
(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.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - County Public Safety
Chapter 352 - County Fire Protection
Subchapter A. Protection of County Residents
Section 352.001. Fire Protection of County Residents
Section 352.002. Use of Surplus or Salvage Property by Volunteer Fire Department
Section 352.003. Fire Protection in Certain Counties
Section 352.004. Agency; Liability
Section 352.005. Contractual Provision of Fire-Fighting Equipment or Services