{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-370.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 370.003","heading":"MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY POLICY REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF DRUG LAWS.","body":"The governing body of a municipality, the commissioners court of a county, or a sheriff, municipal police department, municipal attorney, county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney may not adopt a policy under which the entity will not fully enforce laws relating to drugs, including Chapters 481 and 483, Health and Safety Code, and federal law.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 971, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY","SUBTITLE C. PUBLIC SAFETY PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 370. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.370.htm#370.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"f99714676293f88077794ca07370a795a699ecbec0c3854506d3a9ddbd96ce7b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-370.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-370.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}