Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 341.011 · Subchapter B. OTHER POLICE FORCES
SPECIAL POLICE FORCE IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The mayor of a Type A general-law municipality shall summon as many residents as the mayor considers necessary to serve as a special police force if the mayor considers the force necessary:
(1) to enforce the municipality's laws, avert danger, or protect life or property;
(2) because of riot, outbreak, calamity, or public disturbance; or
(3) because of threat of serious violation of law or order, of outbreak, or of other danger to the municipality or its inhabitants.
(b) The mayor may issue the summons by:
(1) proclamation or other order addressed to the residents of the municipality generally or to the residents of a ward or other subdivision of the municipality; or
(2) personal notice.
(c) A special police force has the powers of the regular police force of the municipality.
(d) A special police force is subject to the orders of the mayor and shall perform the duties required by the mayor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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.341.htm
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