Tex. Local Government Code § 85.025
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 85.025, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 85.025. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section:
(1) "Local government" means a county, municipality, municipal utility district, school district, junior college district, or other political subdivision of this state.
(2) "Property owners' association" has the meaning assigned by Section 202.001, Property Code.
(b) This section applies only to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
(c) A sheriff may enter into a contract with a local government, a property owners' association, or an owner of land to provide law enforcement services in the sheriff's county:
(1) in and near the area managed or regulated by the local government or the association or the area owned by the owner; and
(2) to the persons residing in or visiting an area described by Subdivision (1).
(d) The commissioners court of the sheriff's county may not prohibit or otherwise restrict the sheriff from entering into a contract under this section. The sheriff may enter into the contract and determine the terms of the contract, regardless of whether the commissioners court approves of the contract or the terms.
(1) "Local government" means a county, municipality, municipal utility district, school district, junior college district, or other political subdivision of this state.
(2) "Property owners' association" has the meaning assigned by Section 202.001, Property Code.
(b) This section applies only to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
(c) A sheriff may enter into a contract with a local government, a property owners' association, or an owner of land to provide law enforcement services in the sheriff's county:
(1) in and near the area managed or regulated by the local government or the association or the area owned by the owner; and
(2) to the persons residing in or visiting an area described by Subdivision (1).
(d) The commissioners court of the sheriff's county may not prohibit or otherwise restrict the sheriff from entering into a contract under this section. The sheriff may enter into the contract and determine the terms of the contract, regardless of whether the commissioners court approves of the contract or the terms.
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