Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 78.052
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 78.052, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 78.052.
Official statutory text
Sec. 78.052. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER: MARINE FIRE EMERGENCY. This subchapter applies only to damages for personal injury, death, or property damage arising from an error or omission of:
(1) a nonprofit fire department providing services to respond to marine fire emergencies under contract to a governmental unit, if the error or omission occurs in responding to a marine fire emergency:
(A) on the navigable waters of this state;
(B) in any place into which a vessel enters or from which a vessel departs the waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway;
(C) on property owned or under the control of the governmental unit; or
(D) at the request of the governmental unit in the interest of public safety; or
(2) a fire fighter providing services described by Subdivision (1).
(1) a nonprofit fire department providing services to respond to marine fire emergencies under contract to a governmental unit, if the error or omission occurs in responding to a marine fire emergency:
(A) on the navigable waters of this state;
(B) in any place into which a vessel enters or from which a vessel departs the waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway;
(C) on property owned or under the control of the governmental unit; or
(D) at the request of the governmental unit in the interest of public safety; or
(2) a fire fighter providing services described by Subdivision (1).
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