Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.064 · Subchapter D. CONTRACTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES ON FEE BASIS
USE OF DEPUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the sheriff or county official agrees to provide the services, the sheriff or official may provide the services by using deputies. The sheriff or county official retains authority to supervise the deputies who provide the services and, in an emergency, may reassign the deputies to duties other than those to be performed under the contract.
(b) A deputy shall perform duties under the contract in the same manner as if the deputy were performing the duties in the absence of the contract.
(c) A deputy performing duties under the contract remains a county employee subject to the same benefits and restrictions as any other deputy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.351.htm
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- 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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