Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 170.001 · Chapter 170. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
REGULATION OF CERTAIN USE OF PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt rules prohibiting or regulating the use of a privately owned motor vehicle for the performance of county business or law enforcement duties by a sheriff or constable or a deputy of a sheriff or constable.
(b) This section does not authorize a commissioners court to adopt rules relating to the private use of a privately owned motor vehicle.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 644, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Redesignated from Local Government Code Sec. 240.906 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 12.001.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.170.htm
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