{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-701.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 701.004","heading":"COMPENSATION.","body":"(a) The compensation to be paid a county traffic officer shall be set before the officer is employed.\n(b) Salary paid to the officer is independent of a salary paid to the sheriff and sheriff's deputies who do not act as highway officers. Compensation for an officer may not be included in the sheriff's settlement in accounting for a fee of office or as salary paid to the sheriff or a sheriff's deputy.\n(c) The commissioners court may provide necessary equipment for the officer at the county's expense. An officer's equipment may include a motorcycle and maintenance of that motorcycle.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE I. ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC LAWS","CHAPTER 701. COUNTY TRAFFIC OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.701.htm#701.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"8f5c3df5bfc057d0a04e64456d4e291c194e53e408dd6c0242c07aaac3cde858","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-701.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-701.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}