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2019 Texas Statutes
Transportation Code
Title 7 - Vehicles and Traffic
Subtitle I - Enforcement of Traffic Laws
Chapter 701 - County Traffic Officers
Section 701.004. Compensation
Universal Citation: TX Transp Code § 701.004 (2019)
Sec. 701.004. COMPENSATION. (a) The compensation to be paid a county traffic officer shall be set before the officer is employed.
(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.
(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.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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