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(a) Campus security personnel commissioned under Section 51.203 have concurrent jurisdiction with police officers of a municipality in which a component institution of the system is located to enforce all criminal laws, including traffic laws, of the state and all ordinances of the municipality regulating traffic on any public street running through the property of the system and on any public street immediately adjacent to property owned or occupied and controlled by the system.
(b) The form and content of traffic citations issued for violations of law shall be similar to the type used by the State Highway Patrol and shall be filed in the municipal court or any justice of the peace court with jurisdiction of the offense.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Education Code - EDUC § 107.81. Concurrent Jurisdiction With City Police - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/education-code/educ-sect-107-81/
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