Tex. Local Government Code § 272.006
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 272.006, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 272.006. SALE OR TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "political subdivision" means a county, municipality, school district, junior college district, other special district, or other subdivision of state government.
(b) A political subdivision may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other law enforcement motor vehicle to the public unless the political subdivision first removes any equipment or insignia that could mislead a reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law enforcement motor vehicle, including any police light, siren, amber warning light, spotlight, grill light, antenna, emblem, outline of an emblem, or emergency vehicle equipment.
(c) A political subdivision may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other political subdivision law enforcement motor vehicle to a security services contractor who is regulated by the Department of Public Safety and licensed under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, unless each emblem or insignia that identifies the vehicle as a law enforcement motor vehicle is removed before the sale or transfer.
(d) A political subdivision that sells or transfers a marked patrol car or other law enforcement motor vehicle to the public in violation of this section is liable:
(1) for damages proximately caused by the use of that vehicle during the commission of a crime; and
(2) to this state for a civil penalty of $1,000.
(e) The attorney general may bring an action to recover the civil penalty imposed under Subsection (d)(2).
(f) Governmental immunity to suit and from liability is waived and abolished to the extent of liability created by Subsection (d).
(b) A political subdivision may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other law enforcement motor vehicle to the public unless the political subdivision first removes any equipment or insignia that could mislead a reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law enforcement motor vehicle, including any police light, siren, amber warning light, spotlight, grill light, antenna, emblem, outline of an emblem, or emergency vehicle equipment.
(c) A political subdivision may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other political subdivision law enforcement motor vehicle to a security services contractor who is regulated by the Department of Public Safety and licensed under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, unless each emblem or insignia that identifies the vehicle as a law enforcement motor vehicle is removed before the sale or transfer.
(d) A political subdivision that sells or transfers a marked patrol car or other law enforcement motor vehicle to the public in violation of this section is liable:
(1) for damages proximately caused by the use of that vehicle during the commission of a crime; and
(2) to this state for a civil penalty of $1,000.
(e) The attorney general may bring an action to recover the civil penalty imposed under Subsection (d)(2).
(f) Governmental immunity to suit and from liability is waived and abolished to the extent of liability created by Subsection (d).
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