Tex. Local Government Code § 170.001
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 170.001, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 170.001. REGULATION OF CERTAIN USE OF PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLES.
Official statutory text
(a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt rules prohibiting or regulating the use of a privately owned motor vehicle for the performance of county business or law enforcement duties by a sheriff or constable or a deputy of a sheriff or constable.
(b) This section does not authorize a commissioners court to adopt rules relating to the private use of a privately owned motor vehicle.
(b) This section does not authorize a commissioners court to adopt rules relating to the private use of a privately owned motor vehicle.
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