Texas Statutes
§ 411.012 — COMMAND BY GOVERNOR.
Texas § 411.012
JurisdictionTexas
Code GVGovernment Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 411.012 (2026).
Text
Sec. 411.012. COMMAND BY GOVERNOR. The governor may assume command and direct the activities of the commission and department during a public disaster, riot, insurrection, or formation of a dangerous resistance to enforcement of law, or to perform the governor's constitutional duty to enforce law. The governor shall use the personnel of the Texas Highway Patrol only if the other personnel of the department are unable to cope with the emergency.
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Related
State v. Brabson
976 S.W.2d 182 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1998)
United States v. Abbott
(Fifth Circuit, 2023)
Legislative History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 411.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 411.003
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION.§ 411.0031
TRAINING FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS.§ 411.0035
MEMBER AND GENERAL COUNSEL RESTRICTION.§ 411.0036
REMOVAL OF COMMISSION MEMBER.§ 411.004
DUTIES AND POWERS OF COMMISSION.§ 411.0042
DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.§ 411.0043
TECHNOLOGY POLICY; REVIEW.§ 411.0045
PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAMS.§ 411.006
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 411.012, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/GV/411.012.