Sec. 235.004.  PERMIT REQUIRED;  EXCEPTION.  (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.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1264, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Sec. 235.004 by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 12, Sec. 2(20), eff. Sept. 6, 1990.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 929, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Renumbered from Sec. 236.004 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch;  1420, Sec. 12.003(8), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.