Tex. Transp. Code Section 701.003
Duties

(a)

A county traffic officer shall:

(1)

be a motorcycle rider when practicable;

(2)

cooperate with the police department of each municipality in the county to enforce state traffic laws in that municipality and in the county;

(3)

enforce state laws that regulate the operation of a motor vehicle on a highway, street, or alley; and

(4)

remain on and patrol the highway at all times when performing the officer’s duties.

(b)

An officer may leave a highway only in pursuit of an offender the officer is unable to apprehend on the highway.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 701.003 — Duties, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­701.­htm#701.­003 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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