Tex. Transp. Code § 701.003 · Chapter 701. COUNTY TRAFFIC OFFICERS
DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A county traffic officer shall:
(1) be a motorcycle rider when practicable;
(2) cooperate with the police department of each municipality in the county to enforce state traffic laws in that municipality and in the county;
(3) enforce state laws that regulate the operation of a motor vehicle on a highway, street, or alley; and
(4) remain on and patrol the highway at all times when performing the officer's duties.
(b) An officer may leave a highway only in pursuit of an offender the officer is unable to apprehend on the highway.
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.701.htm
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- 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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