Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 7C.002 — LOCAL REGULATION PROHIBITED
CR § 7C.002Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 7C. PROHIBITION ON RECOGNITION, SERVICE, AND ENFORCEMENT OF EXTREME RISK PROTECTIVE ORDERS
Statute text
View on source(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.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1182 (S.B. 1362), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.