Tex. Transp. Code § 8.002 · Chapter 8. PROTECTING MOVEMENT OF COMMERCE
EFFECT OF PROCLAMATION.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On the issuance of a proclamation under this chapter, the governor shall exercise complete police jurisdiction over the territory described by the proclamation. The exercise of police jurisdiction by the governor supersedes the police authority of a local authority.
(b) The governor may not disturb the exercise of police jurisdiction by a local authority outside the territory described by the proclamation.
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.8.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 fb81106df66496fefb1b8d08f98c22a2fdb85ace52ac7eeb22bbae834ca3779b
- 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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