Tex. Transp. Code § 541.002 · Subchapter A. PERSONS AND GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES
GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subtitle:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety acting directly or through its authorized officers and agents.
(2) "Director" means the public safety director.
(3) "Local authority" means:
(A) a county, municipality, or other local entity authorized to enact traffic laws under the laws of this state; or
(B) a school district created under the laws of this state only when it is designating school crossing guards for schools operated by the district.
(4) "Police officer" means an officer authorized to direct traffic or arrest persons who violate traffic regulations.
(5) "State" has the meaning assigned by Section 311.005, Government Code, and includes a province of Canada.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.541.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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