Tex. Local Government Code § 235.004
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 235.004, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 235.004. PERMIT REQUIRED; EXCEPTION.
Official statutory text
(a) In a county in which the county fire marshal regulates explosives under this subchapter, a person, including a common, contract, or private carrier, may not produce, distribute, transport, transfer, use, or possess an explosive without a permit issued in accordance with this subchapter.
(b) A person who is employed by and acts under the personal supervision of a blaster having a permit issued in accordance with this subchapter may, without a permit, load, unload, detonate, or otherwise effect the explosion of an explosive under the personal supervision of the blaster.
(c) Common carrier railroads subject to the provisions of the Federal Railway Safety Act of 1970, as amended, shall not be subject to the provisions of this subchapter.
(b) A person who is employed by and acts under the personal supervision of a blaster having a permit issued in accordance with this subchapter may, without a permit, load, unload, detonate, or otherwise effect the explosion of an explosive under the personal supervision of the blaster.
(c) Common carrier railroads subject to the provisions of the Federal Railway Safety Act of 1970, as amended, shall not be subject to the provisions of this subchapter.
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