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TX Loc Govt Code § 362.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 362 - Law Enforcement Services Provided Through Cooperation of Municipalities, Counties, and Certain Other Local Governments|Section 362.001. Definitions

Sec. 362.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Joint airport" means an airport that is operated jointly by two municipalities and that is situated in two counties.(2)  "Law enforcement officer" means a municipal police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, deputy constable, marshal, deputy marshal, investigator of a district attorney's, criminal district attorney's, or county attorney's office, or police officer of a joint airport who has been commissioned as a peace officer under the laws of this state.(3)  "Multicounty drug task force" means a mutual aid law enforcement task force that is established as a multicounty law enforcement cooperation between counties and municipalities to enhance multicounty interagency coordination, acquire intelligence information, and facilitate multicounty investigations of drug-related crimes.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 210, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 556 (H.B. 1239), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 362.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 362 - Law Enforcement Services Provided Through Cooperation of Municipalities, Counties, and Certain Other Local Governments|Section 362.002. Law Enforcement Assistance

Sec. 362.002.  LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE.  (a)  A county, municipality, or joint airport may, by resolution or order of its governing body, provide for, or authorize its chief administrative officer, chief of police, or marshal to provide for, its regularly employed law enforcement officers to assist another county, municipality, or joint airport.  This assistance may be provided only when the mayor or other officer authorized to declare a state of civil emergency in the other county, municipality, or joint airport considers additional law enforcement officers necessary to protect health, life, and property in the county, municipality, or joint airport because of disaster, riot, threat of concealed explosives, or unlawful assembly characterized by force and violence or the threat of force and violence by three or more persons acting together or without lawful authority.(b)  A county, municipality, or joint airport may, by resolution or order of its governing body, enter into an agreement with a municipality, joint airport, or county to form a mutual aid law enforcement task force to cooperate in criminal investigations and law enforcement.  Peace officers employed by counties, municipalities, or joint airports covered by the agreement have only the additional investigative authority throughout the region as set forth in the agreement.  The agreement must provide for the compensation of peace officers involved in the activities of the task force.(c)  A law enforcement officer employed by a county, municipality, or joint airport that is covered by the agreement may make an arrest outside the county, municipality, or joint airport in which the officer is employed but within the area covered by the agreement.  The law enforcement agencies of the area where the arrest is made shall be notified of the arrest without delay, and the notified agency shall make available the notice of the arrest in the same manner as if the arrest were made by a member of that agency.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 374 (H.B. 1789), Sec. 1, eff. June 2, 2019.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 362.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 362 - Law Enforcement Services Provided Through Cooperation of Municipalities, Counties, and Certain Other Local Governments|Section 362.003. Provisions Relating to Law Enforcement Officers

Sec. 362.003.  PROVISIONS RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.  (a)  While a law enforcement officer regularly employed by one county, municipality, or joint airport is in the service of another county, municipality, or joint airport according to this chapter, the officer is a peace officer of the latter county, municipality, or joint airport and is under the command of the law enforcement officer who is in charge in that county, municipality, or joint airport.  The officer has all the powers of a regular law enforcement officer of that county, municipality, or joint airport as fully as if the officer were in the county, municipality, or joint airport where regularly employed.  Qualification for office in the territory of regular employment constitutes qualification for office in the other county, municipality, or joint airport and no additional oath, bond, or compensation is needed.(b)  The law enforcement officer who is ordered by the official designated by the governing body of the county, municipality, or joint airport to perform police or peace duties outside the limits of that county, municipality, or joint airport where regularly employed is entitled to the same wage, salary, pension, and other compensation and rights, including injury or death benefits, as if the service were rendered in the county, municipality, or joint airport of the officer's regular employment.  The officer is also entitled to payment for any reasonable expenses incurred for travel, food, or lodging while on duty outside the limits of the territory of the officer's regular employment.(c)  The county, municipality, or joint airport regularly employing the law enforcement officer shall pay all wages and disability payments, pension payments, damages to equipment and clothing, medical expenses, and travel, food, and lodging expenses.  The county, municipality, or joint airport whose authorized official requested the services shall reimburse the original county, municipality, or joint airport after the payment is made and reimbursement is requested.  Each county, municipality, or joint airport may make these payments and reimbursements regardless of any provision in its charter or ordinances to the contrary.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 362.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 362 - Law Enforcement Services Provided Through Cooperation of Municipalities, Counties, and Certain Other Local Governments|Section 362.004. Multicounty Drug Task Force

Sec. 362.004.  MULTICOUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE.  (a)  A multicounty drug task force is composed of law enforcement agencies located in two or more counties in this state.  A multicounty drug task force may be established and operated only after the Department of Public Safety confirms:(1)  a strategic need for the task force; and(2)  the composition of the task force.(b)  A multicounty drug task force, and any county or municipality participating in the task force, must comply with the policies and procedures established for the operation of a multicounty drug task force by the Department of Public Safety.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 556 (H.B. 1239), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 362.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 362 - Law Enforcement Services Provided Through Cooperation of Municipalities, Counties, and Certain Other Local Governments|Section 362.005. Texas Transnational Intelligence Center

Sec. 362.005.  TEXAS TRANSNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER.  (a)  The sheriff's department of a county with a population of at least 700,000 but not more than 800,000 that borders the Texas-Mexico border and the police department of the municipality having the largest population in that county shall jointly establish and operate the Texas Transnational Intelligence Center as a central repository of real-time intelligence relating to:(1)  autopsies in which the person's death is likely connected to transnational criminal activity;(2)  criminal activity in the counties along the Texas-Mexico border and certain other counties; and(3)  other transnational criminal activity in the state.(b)  The Texas Department of Public Safety shall assist the county sheriff's department and the municipal police department in the establishment and operation of the center.(c)  Each law enforcement agency in a county located along the Texas-Mexico border or in a county that contains a federal checkpoint shall report to the Texas Transnational Intelligence Center intelligence regarding criminal activity in the law enforcement agency's jurisdiction, including details on kidnappings, home invasions, and incidents of impersonation of law enforcement officers.  The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Parks and Wildlife Department shall report to the center intelligence regarding transnational criminal activity in the agency's jurisdiction.(d)  The intelligence in the Texas Transnational Intelligence Center shall be made available to each law enforcement agency in the state and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Parks and Wildlife Department.(e)  The Texas Transnational Intelligence Center shall comply with Section 421.085, Government Code, and the rules relating to that section.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 333 (H.B. 11), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 364.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 364 - Enforcement of Public Camping Bans|Section 364.001. Definitions

Sec. 364.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Local entity" means:(A)  the governing body of a municipality or county;(B)  an officer or employee of or a division, department, or other body that is part of a municipality or county, including a sheriff, municipal police department, municipal attorney, or county attorney; and(C)  a district attorney or criminal district attorney.(2)  "Policy" includes a formal, written rule, ordinance, order, or policy and an informal, unwritten policy.(3)  "Public camping ban" means a law, rule, ordinance, order, or other regulation that prohibits camping in a public place, including Section 48.05, Penal Code.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (H.B. 1925), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 364.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 364 - Enforcement of Public Camping Bans|Section 364.002. Policy on Camping Bans

Sec. 364.002.  POLICY ON CAMPING BANS.  (a)  A local entity may not adopt or enforce a policy under which the entity prohibits or discourages the enforcement of any public camping ban.(b)  In compliance with Subsection (a), a local entity may not prohibit or discourage a peace officer or prosecuting attorney who is employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of the entity from enforcing a public camping ban.(c)  This section does not prohibit a policy that encourages diversion or a provision of services in lieu of citation or arrest.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (H.B. 1925), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 364.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 364 - Enforcement of Public Camping Bans|Section 364.003. Injunctive Relief

Sec. 364.003.  INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.  (a)  The attorney general may bring an action in a district court in Travis County or in a county in which the principal office of the entity is located to enjoin a violation of Section 364.002.(b)  The attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining relief under this section, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition costs.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (H.B. 1925), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 364.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 364 - Enforcement of Public Camping Bans|Section 364.004. Denial of State Grant Funds

Sec. 364.004.  DENIAL OF STATE GRANT FUNDS.  (a)  A local entity may not receive state grant funds, and state grant funds for the local entity shall be denied, for the state fiscal year following the year in which a final judicial determination in an action brought under Section 364.003 is made that the entity has intentionally violated Section 364.002.(b)  The comptroller shall adopt rules to implement this section uniformly among the state agencies from which state grant funds are distributed to a municipality or county.(c)  A local entity that has not violated Section 364.002 may not be denied state grant funds, regardless of whether the entity is a part of another entity that is in violation of that section.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (H.B. 1925), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 365.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 365 - Temporary Secure Weapon Storage for Certain Public Buildings|Section 365.001. Applicability

Sec. 365.001.  APPLICABILITY.  (a)  This chapter applies to a building or portion of a building:(1)  that is:(A)  used by a political subdivision of this state; and(B)  generally open to the public; and(2)  in which:(A)  carrying a handgun or other firearm, location-restricted knife, club, or other weapon on the premises or part of the premises would violate Chapter 46, Penal Code, or other law; or(B)  the political subdivision in control of the building, by sign or otherwise, prohibits handguns or other firearms, location-restricted knives, clubs, or other weapons on the premises or part of the premises.(b)  This chapter does not apply to:(1)  a penal institution, as that term is defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code; or(2)  a public primary or secondary school or institution of higher education.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 29), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 365.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 365 - Temporary Secure Weapon Storage for Certain Public Buildings|Section 365.002. Temporary Secure Weapon Storage

Sec. 365.002.  TEMPORARY SECURE WEAPON STORAGE.  (a)  A political subdivision may provide temporary secure weapon storage for a building or portion of a building to which this chapter applies for persons who enter the building or portion of the building with a weapon prohibited in that building or portion of the building.(b)  The temporary secure weapon storage may be provided by:(1)  self-service weapon lockers described by Section 365.003; or(2)  other temporary secure weapon storage operated at all times by a designated employee of the political subdivision under Section 365.004.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 29), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 365.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 365 - Temporary Secure Weapon Storage for Certain Public Buildings|Section 365.003. Self-Service Weapon Lockers for Temporary Secure Storage

Sec. 365.003.  SELF-SERVICE WEAPON LOCKERS FOR TEMPORARY SECURE STORAGE.  (a)  A political subdivision may provide self-service weapon lockers for the temporary secure storage of any weapon prohibited in a building or portion of a building.(b)  A self-service weapon locker must allow secure locking by the user and:(1)  provide a key for reopening; or(2)  reopen by electronic means, such as by a fingerprint scan or entry of a numeric code.(c)  A political subdivision may require a person to submit the person's name, the number of the person's driver's license or other form of identification, and the person's telephone number as a condition for use of a self-service weapon locker.(d)  A person placing a weapon in a self-service weapon locker may designate an alternate person to whom the weapon may be released if the person is not able to reclaim the person's weapon before the 30th day after the date the weapon was placed in the locker.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 29), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 365.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 365 - Temporary Secure Weapon Storage for Certain Public Buildings|Section 365.004. Temporary Secure Weapon Storage Administered by Employee of Political Subdivision

Sec. 365.004.  TEMPORARY SECURE WEAPON STORAGE ADMINISTERED BY EMPLOYEE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.  (a)  A political subdivision may provide temporary secure weapon storage operated by a designated employee of the political subdivision for a building or portion of a building in which weapons are prohibited.(b)  The weapons in temporary secure weapon storage must be held in a safe, locker, or other location that is locked and accessible only to the designated employee.(c)  If a person chooses to give to the designated employee the person's weapon for temporary secure storage, the employee shall:(1)  securely affix a claim tag to the weapon;(2)  provide the person with a claim receipt for reclaiming the weapon;(3)  record the person's name, the number of the person's driver's license or other form of identification, and the person's telephone number; and(4)  if designated by the person placing the weapon in temporary secure weapon storage, record the name of an alternate person to whom the weapon may be released if the person is not able to reclaim the person's weapon before the 30th day after the date the weapon was placed in storage.(d)  A person may reclaim the person's weapon by showing the designated employee operating the temporary secure weapon storage:(1)  the claim receipt given to the person at the time the weapon was placed in temporary secure storage; or(2)  the person's driver's license or other form of identification.(e)  A political subdivision that provides temporary secure weapon storage under this section shall ensure that:(1)  the temporary secure weapon storage is available and monitored by a designated employee of the political subdivision at all times that the building or portion of the building is open to the public; and(2)  a person who is choosing to place the weapon in storage or retrieving the weapon from storage is not required to wait more than a reasonable period.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 29), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 365.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 365 - Temporary Secure Weapon Storage for Certain Public Buildings|Section 365.005. Fees

Sec. 365.005.  FEES.  A political subdivision under this chapter may collect a fee of not more than $5 for the use of a self-service weapon locker or other temporary secure weapon storage.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 29), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 370.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 370 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Municipal and County Health and Public Safety|Section 370.001. Health Contracts in Border Municipalities or Counties

Sec. 370.001.  HEALTH CONTRACTS IN BORDER MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES.  The governing body of a municipality or county that has a boundary that is contiguous with the border between this state and the Republic of Mexico may contract with a border municipality or state in the Republic of Mexico to provide or receive health services.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 769, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 370.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 370 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Municipal and County Health and Public Safety|Section 370.002. Review of Juvenile Curfew Order or Ordinance

Sec. 370.002.  REVIEW OF JUVENILE CURFEW ORDER OR ORDINANCE.  (a)  Before the third anniversary of the date of adoption of a juvenile curfew ordinance by a general-law municipality or a home-rule municipality or an order of a county commissioners court, and every third year thereafter, the governing body of the general-law municipality or home-rule municipality or the commissioners court of the county shall:(1)  review the ordinance or order's effects on the community and on problems the ordinance or order was intended to remedy;(2)  conduct public hearings on the need to continue the ordinance or order;  and(3)  abolish, continue, or modify the ordinance or order.(b)  Failure to act in accordance with Subsections (a)(1)-(3) shall cause the ordinance or order to expire.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 96, eff. May 31, 1995.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 370.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 11 - Public Safety|Subtitle C - Public Safety Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government|Chapter 370 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Municipal and County Health and Public Safety|Section 370.003. Municipal or County Policy Regarding Enforcement of Drug Laws

Sec. 370.003.  MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY POLICY REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF DRUG LAWS.  The governing body of a municipality, the commissioners court of a county, or a sheriff, municipal police department, municipal attorney, county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney may not adopt a policy under which the entity will not fully enforce laws relating to drugs, including Chapters 481 and 483, Health and Safety Code, and federal law.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 971, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|