Texas Agriculture Code
§ 63.158 — FIRE PREVENTION AT AMMONIUM NITRATE STORAGE FACILITIES
AG § 63.158Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part A. SEED AND FERTILIZER · Ch. 63. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER · Art. I. AMMONIUM NITRATE
Statute text
View on source(a)The owner or operator of an ammonium nitrate storage facility shall, on request, at a reasonable time:
(1)allow a fire marshal to enter the facility to make a thorough examination of the facility; and
(2)allow the local fire department access to the facility to perform a pre-fire planning assessment.
(b)A fire marshal who determines the presence of one or more of the following hazardous conditions that endangers the safety of a structure or its occupants by promoting or causing fire or combustion shall notify the owner or operator of the facility of the need to correct the condition. The hazardous conditions are:
(1)the presence of a flammable substance;
(2)a dangerous or dilapidated wall, ceiling, or other structural element;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 2015.