(a) State-owned motor vehicles under the control and custody
of the Attorney General shall be exempt from the vehicle inscription requirement
set out in Texas Transportation Code §721.002 if used primarily for any
of the following purposes:
(1) civil or criminal investigations; or
(2) transportation of the Attorney General.
(b) The purposes of this new section are to increase the effectiveness
of civil and criminal investigations by enabling investigators to accomplish
their tasks undetected, and to provide a greater degree of safety for the
Attorney General and persons accompanying the Attorney General in state-owned
motor vehicles.
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