Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7C.002 — Local regulation prohibited
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 7C: PROHIBITION ON RECOGNITION, SERVICE, AND ENFORCEMENT OF EXTREME RISK PROTECTIVE ORDERS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7C.002
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) This article applies to: (1) the State of Texas, including an agency, department, commission, bureau, board, office, council, court, or other entity that is in any branch of state government and that is created by the constitution or a statute of this state, including a university system or a system of higher education; (2) the governing body of a municipality, county, or special district or authority; (3) an officer, employee, or other body that is part of a municipality, county, or special district or authority, including a sheriff, municipal police department, municipal attorney, or county attorney; and (4) a district attorney or criminal district attorney. (b) An entity described by Subsection (a) may not adopt or enforce a rule, ordinance, order, policy, or other similar measure relating to an extreme risk protective order unless state law specifically authorizes the adoption and enforcement of such a rule, ordinance, order, policy, or measure.
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