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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 13TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION
CHAPTER 435FIRE FIGHTER SAFETY
RULE §435.19Enforcement of Commission Rules

(a) The commission shall enforce all commission rules at any time, including, but not limited to, commission investigations, fire department inspections, or upon receiving a written complaint from an identified person or entity of an alleged infraction of a commission rule.

(b) The commission shall not provide prior notification of an inspection to a fire department.

(c) Upon receipt of a signed complaint alleging a violation of a commission rule, the commission shall have 30 days to initiate an investigation and report back to the complainant its progress.

(d) Upon substantiating the validity of a written complaint, the commission shall follow the procedures outlined in Texas Government Code, Chapter 419, §419.011(b) and (c).


Source Note: The provisions of this §435.19 adopted to be effective March 24, 2002, 27 TexReg 2242; amended to be effective November 28, 2007, 32 TexReg 8531; amended to be effective June 12, 2013, 38 TexReg 3653

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