Tex. Transp. Code § 8.003 · Chapter 8. PROTECTING MOVEMENT OF COMMERCE
ARRESTS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) After a proclamation issued under this chapter takes effect, only a peace officer acting under the authority of the governor may make an arrest in the territory described by the proclamation.
(b) A person arrested in the territory described by the proclamation shall be delivered forthwith to the proper authority for trial.
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 e77d32094f0548b8359ff0f834eedb7a6bb24dccf1cbad1fa2f7f294665cc4ab
- 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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