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§ 411.012. COMMAND BY GOVERNOR.  The governor may assume 
command and direct the activities of the commission and department 
during a public disaster, riot, insurrection, or formation of a 
dangerous resistance to enforcement of law, or to perform the 
governor's constitutional duty to enforce law.  The governor shall 
use the personnel of the Texas Highway Patrol only if the other 
personnel of the department are unable to cope with the emergency.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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