2019 Texas Statutes
Transportation Code
Title 2 - General Provisions Relating to Carriers
Chapter 8 - Protecting Movement of Commerce
Section 8.003. Arrests

Universal Citation: TX Transp Code § 8.003 (2019)

Sec. 8.003. ARRESTS. (a) After a proclamation issued under this chapter takes effect, only a peace officer acting under the authority of the governor may make an arrest in the territory described by the proclamation.

(b) A person arrested in the territory described by the proclamation shall be delivered forthwith to the proper authority for trial.

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

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