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Texas Transportation Code § 8.002

Effect of Proclamation

Protecting Movement of Commerce

(a) On the issuance of a proclamation under this chapter, the governor shall exercise complete police jurisdiction over the territory described by the proclamation. The exercise of police jurisdiction by the governor supersedes the police authority of a local authority.

(b) The governor may not disturb the exercise of police jurisdiction by a local authority outside the territory described by the proclamation.

Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.