Section 721.005 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Exemption From Inscription Requirement for Certain Municipal and County-Owned Motor Vehicles(a) The governing body of a municipality may exempt from the requirements of Section 721.004: (1) an automobile when used to perform an official duty by a:(B) magistrate as defined by Article 2.09, Code of Criminal Procedure;(D) municipal code enforcement officer designated to enforce environmental criminal laws; or(E) municipal fire marshal or arson investigator; or(2) an automobile used by a municipal employee only when conducting an investigation involving suspected fraud or other mismanagement within the municipality.(b) The commissioners court of a county may exempt from the requirements of Section 721.004:(1) an automobile when used to perform an official duty by a:(D) criminal district attorney's office;(E) district attorney's office;(F) county attorney's office;(G) magistrate as defined by Article 2.09, Code of Criminal Procedure;(H) county fire marshal's office; or(2) a juvenile probation department vehicle used to transport children, when used to perform an official duty.(c) An exemption provided under this section does not apply to a contract deputy.Tex. Transp. Code § 721.005
Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 45 (S.B. 526), Sec. 1, eff. May 8, 2007 Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 140, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001 Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 66, Sec. 1, eff. May 14, 2001 Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.38, eff. Sept. 1, 1999 Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 46, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997 Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 355, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 1997Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.