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County Officers - Specific; Commissioner/County Judge; Governor; Municipal Officers and Employees; Real Property; Authority and Duties

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Texas Attorney General Opinion

Government Code section 418.108 does not, by itself, authorize a county judge, a mayor of a municipality, or any other local government official to commandeer private property to respond to a disaster.

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