Tex. Transp. Code § 8.004 · Chapter 8. PROTECTING MOVEMENT OF COMMERCE
USE OF TEXAS RANGERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governor may use the Texas Rangers to enforce this chapter.
(b) If a sufficient number of Texas Rangers are not available, the governor may employ other persons to serve as special rangers.
(c) A special ranger has the same authority as a Texas Ranger and shall be paid the same salary as a Texas Ranger. The salary of a special ranger shall be paid out of appropriations made to the executive office for the payment of rewards and the enforcement of the law.
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
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- sha256 3d233ce258c467480ab90e35aa9ded17dd2e994ed5dfee411b1b8f09d1bcc6e9
- 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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