Sec. 721.005.  EXEMPTION FROM INSCRIPTION REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY-OWNED MOTOR VEHICLES.
Text of subsection effective until January 01, 2025
(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:
(A)  police department;
(B)  magistrate as defined by Article 2.09, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(C)  medical examiner;
(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.
Text of subsection effective on January 01, 2025
(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:
(A)  police department;
(B)  magistrate as defined by Article 2A.151, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(C)  medical examiner;
(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.
Text of subsection effective until January 01, 2025
(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:
(A)  police department;
(B)  sheriff's office;
(C)  constable's office;
(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
(I)  medical examiner;  or
(2)  a juvenile probation department vehicle used to transport children, when used to perform an official duty.
Text of subsection effective on January 01, 2025
(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:
(A)  police department;
(B)  sheriff's office;
(C)  constable's office;
(D)  criminal district attorney's office;
(E)  district attorney's office;
(F)  county attorney's office;
(G)  magistrate as defined by Article 2A.151, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(H)  county fire marshal's office; or
(I)  medical examiner; 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.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 355, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 46, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.38, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 66, Sec. 1, eff. May 14, 2001;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 140, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 45 (S.B. 526), Sec. 1, eff. May 8, 2007.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.179, eff. January 1, 2025.