FIRE INSURANCE RATES AND FIRE SUPPRESSION RATINGS FOR BORDER MUNICIPALITY

Art. 5.25-3. FIRE INSURANCE RATES AND FIRE SUPPRESSION RATINGS FOR BORDER MUNICIPALITY. The commissioner, in adopting fire insurance rates for a municipality at or near the border between this state and another state or the United Mexican States, shall take into account the existence and capabilities of a fire department or volunteer fire department that serves an adjoining or nearby municipality in the other state or the United Mexican States and that by agreement or by long-standing practice provides fire suppression services to the Texas municipality. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1413, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017 ), Sec. 6, eff. April 1, 2007.