Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Transportation Code § 8.002: EFFECT OF PROCLAMATION.

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TRANSPORTATION CODE
TITLE 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CARRIERS
CHAPTER 8. PROTECTING MOVEMENT OF COMMERCE

(a) On the issuance of a proclamation under this chapter, the governor shall exercise complete police jurisdiction over the territory described by the proclamation. The exercise of police jurisdiction by the governor supersedes the police authority of a local authority.

(b) The governor may not disturb the exercise of police jurisdiction by a local authority outside the territory described by the proclamation.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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