A motorboat must have the carburetor or carburetors of every engine using gasoline as fuel, except outboard motors, equipped with an efficient flame arrestor, backfire trap, or other similar device prescribed by the regulations of the commandant of the Coast Guard.
Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.068
FLAME ARRESTORS; BACKFIRE TRAPS
Known as the Water Safety Act
The act spans §§ 31–31 (123 sections).
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.