Texas Local Government Code
§ 85.025 — AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
LG § 85.025Title 3. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT · Part B. COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS · Ch. 85. SHERIFF · Art. B. MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Local government" means a county, municipality, municipal utility district, school district, junior college district, or other political subdivision of this state.
(2)"Property owners' association" has the meaning assigned by Section 202.001, Property Code.
(b)This section applies only to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
(c)A sheriff may enter into a contract with a local government, a property owners' association, or an owner of land to provide law enforcement services in the sheriff's county:
(1)in and near the area managed or regulated by the local government or the association or the area owned by the owner; and
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 12 (H.B. 26), Sec. 1, eff. December 4, 2025.