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Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 242.068 (2026)
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Sec. 242.068. FIRE PROTECTION ACTIVITIES. (a) The department may perform fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression activities at department facilities.
(b) The department may prescribe circumstances under which, for the benefit of the public safety and welfare, department employees using department equipment may assist municipal or volunteer fire departments in the performance of fire protection, fire prevention, or fire suppression activities near department facilities.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.
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case, 2013–2013 · leading case: Texas Youth Comm'n v. Thomas Bollinger, No. 07-11-00152-CV, 2013 WL 2390101 (Tex. App.—Amarillo May 28, 2013).
Texas Youth Comm'n v. Thomas Bollinger, No. 07-11-00152-CV, 2013 WL 2390101 (Tex. App.—Amarillo May 28, 2013). “” Although TYC may perform fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression activities at its facilities, see TEX. HUM. RES. CODE ANN. § 242.068 (West 2013), Bollinger cites no law giving TYC any legal authority to investigate or prosecute violations of any fire protection…”
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