CHAPTER 170. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

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

Sec. 170.001. REGULATION OF CERTAIN USE OF PRIVATELY OWNED

VEHICLES. (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.

(b) This section does not authorize a commissioners court to

adopt rules relating to the private use of a privately owned

motor vehicle.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 644, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1,

1999. Redesignated from Local Government Code Sec. 240.096 by

Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 12.001.