Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 37	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 1	TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER 3	TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL
SUBCHAPTER D	TRAFFIC SUPERVISION
RULE §3.51	Traffic Supervision on Interstate Highways in Cities of 50,000 Population or Less

Police traffic supervision activities.

(1) Officers of the department of public safety will conduct police traffic supervision on sections of interstate highways when those sections are direct extensions of an interstate system already patrolled by this department. Those activities will be conducted as if the sections being patrolled were rural.

(2) Crash investigation and traffic law enforcement will be conducted on the main lanes and the on-ramps and off-ramps, but not as a matter of routine on the service roads.

(3) Copies of crash reports will be furnished to cities by the investigating officer.

(4) Regional commanders and service captains will explain their procedures to city officials upon request.

(5) This section does not prohibit local authorities from taking enforcement action on interstate systems in their respective jurisdictions.

Source Note: The provisions of this §3.51 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective March 18, 2009, 34 TexReg 1872