Bill Text: TX HB1631 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities and counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Referred to Transportation [HB1631 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1631-Introduced.html

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84R7050 JTS-D
By: Phelan H.B. No. 1631

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety
standards in certain municipalities and counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 644.101(b) and (c), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) A police officer of any of the following municipalities
is eligible to apply for certification under this section:
(1) a municipality with a population of 50,000 or
more;
(2) a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more
any part of which is located in a county with a population of
500,000 or more;
(3) a municipality with a population of less than
25,000:
(A) any part of which is located in a county with
a population of 3.3 million; and
(B) that contains or is adjacent to an
international port;
(4) a municipality with a population of at least
34,000 that is located in a county that borders two or more states;
(5) a municipality any part of which is located in a
county bordering the United Mexican States;
(6) a municipality with a population of less than
5,000 that is located:
(A) adjacent to a bay connected to the Gulf of
Mexico; and
(B) in a county adjacent to a county with a
population greater than 3.3 million;
(7) a municipality that is located:
(A) within 25 miles of an international port; and
(B) in a county that does not contain a highway
that is part of the national system of interstate and defense
highways and is adjacent to a county with a population greater than
3.3 million; [or]
(8) a municipality with a population of less than
8,500 that:
(A) is the county seat; and
(B) contains a highway that is part of the
national system of interstate and defense highways; or
(9) a municipality located in a county described by
Subsection (c)(3).
(c) A sheriff or a deputy sheriff of any of the following
counties [a county bordering the United Mexican States or of a
county with a population of one million or more] is eligible to
apply for certification under this section:
(1) a county bordering the United Mexican States;
(2) a county with a population of one million or more;
or
(3) a county with a population of less than 100,000
that borders the State of Louisiana and the Gulf Intracoastal
Waterway.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.