{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-720.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 720.002","heading":"PROHIBITION ON TRAFFIC-OFFENSE QUOTAS.","body":"(a) A political subdivision or an agency of this state may not establish or maintain, formally or informally, a plan to evaluate, promote, compensate, or discipline:\n(1) a peace officer according to the officer's issuance of a predetermined or specified number of any type or combination of types of traffic citations; or\n(2) a justice of the peace or a judge of a county court, statutory county court, municipal court, or municipal court of record according to the amount of money the justice or judge collects from persons convicted of a traffic offense.\n(b) A political subdivision or an agency of this state may not require or suggest to a peace officer, a justice of the peace, or a judge of a county court, statutory county court, municipal court, or municipal court of record:\n(1) that the peace officer is required or expected to issue a predetermined or specified number of any type or combination of types of traffic citations within a specified period; or\n(2) that the justice or judge is required or expected to collect a predetermined amount of money from persons convicted of a traffic offense within a specified period.\n(c) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 737, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.\n(d) This section does not prohibit a municipality from obtaining budgetary information from a municipal court or a municipal court of record, including an estimate of the amount of money the court anticipates will be collected in a budget year.\n(e) A violation of this section by an elected official is misconduct and a ground for removal from office. A violation of this section by a person who is not an elected official is a ground for removal from the person's position.\n(f) In this section:\n(1) \"Conviction\" means the rendition of an order by a court imposing a punishment of incarceration or a fine.\n(2) \"Traffic offense\" means an offense under:\n(A) Chapter 521; or\n(B) Subtitle C.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 737 (S.B. 420), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE I. ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC LAWS","CHAPTER 720. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.720.htm#720.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"1eb7c52c63f018dbf0edd57287a339bfaa5c46e2dba8c77b405f7fc614e16c9b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-720.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-721.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}