Bill Text: TX HB1468 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to assignment of traffic citations to justices of the peace in large counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to County Affairs [HB1468 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1468-Introduced.html

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88R6358 SCL-D
By: Jones of Harris H.B. No. 1468

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to assignment of traffic citations to justices of the
peace in large counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 351, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 351.905 to read as follows:
Sec. 351.905. ASSIGNMENT OF TRAFFIC CITATIONS TO JUSTICES
OF THE PEACE IN LARGE COUNTIES. A sheriff and each constable in a
county with a population of one million or more shall ensure that,
in each county fiscal year, each justice of the peace in the county
is assigned, to the extent possible, an equal number of citations
for a violation of highway law under Title 7, Transportation Code,
issued by county law enforcement in the county.
SECTION 2. Section 351.905, Local Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a county fiscal year that begins on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.