Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 8.06 · Chapter 8. SUPPRESSION OF RIOTS AND OTHER DISTURBANCES
MEANS ADOPTED TO SUPPRESS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The officer engaged in suppressing a riot, and those who aid him are authorized and justified in adopting such measures as are necessary to suppress the riot, but are not authorized to use any greater degree of force than is requisite to accomplish that object.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.8.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 84f3822c8905b3930e4d8a79f5449464119e429600d4d2b9f26efd6a65538644
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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