Texas Transportation Code

§ 8.001 — ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION

TN § 8.001Title 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CARRIERS · Ch. 8. PROTECTING MOVEMENT OF COMMERCE

Statute text

(a)The governor shall issue a proclamation under this chapter, to prevent interference with commerce, if after investigation the governor determines that:

(1)the movement of commerce by a common carrier of this state or another state is interfered with in violation of Chapter 42, Penal Code; and

(2)local authorities failed to enforce the law.

(b)The proclamation must:

(1)state that the conditions described by Subsection (a) exist; and

(2)describe the territory affected by the proclamation.

Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.