Sec. 701.004.  COMPENSATION.  (a)  The compensation to be paid a county traffic officer shall be set before the officer is employed.
(b)  Salary paid to the officer is independent of a salary paid to the sheriff and sheriff's deputies who do not act as highway officers.  Compensation for an officer may not be included in the sheriff's settlement in accounting for a fee of office or as salary paid to the sheriff or a sheriff's deputy.
(c)  The commissioners court may provide necessary equipment for the officer at the county's expense.  An officer's equipment may include a motorcycle and maintenance of that motorcycle.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.