{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-170.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 170.001","heading":"REGULATION OF CERTAIN USE OF PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLES.","body":"(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.\n(b) This section does not authorize a commissioners court to adopt rules relating to the private use of a privately owned motor vehicle.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 644, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Redesignated from Local Government Code Sec. 240.906 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 12.001.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 170. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.170.htm#170.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"6ad6c6952c6ab05b462d3588f4e9eeffd74ff201c7cace7569579d1042db3fdd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-161.304","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-170.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}