Bill Text: TX SB323 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB323 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB323-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 323

AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety
standards in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 644.101(c), Transportation Code, as
amended by Chapters 74 (H.B. 2749) and 429 (S.B. 901), Acts of the
87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
(c) A sheriff or a deputy sheriff of any of the following
counties is eligible to apply for certification under this section:
(1) a county bordering the United Mexican States;
(2) a county with a population of less than 1,000, part
of which is located within 75 miles of an international border;
(3) a county with a population of 700,000 or more;
(4) a county with a population of 400,000 or more that
borders the county in which the State Capitol is located; [or]
(5) a county with a population of less than 250,000
that:
(A) is adjacent to two counties that each have a
population of more than 1.2 million; and
(B) contains two highways that are part of the
national system of interstate and defense highways;
(6) [(5)] a county:
(A) any part of which is within 30 miles of New
Mexico; and
(B) that is adjacent to two or more counties that
generated $100 million or more in tax revenue collected under
Chapters 201 and 202, Tax Code, from oil and gas production during
the preceding state fiscal year; [or]
(7) [(6)] a county with a population of more than
40,000 and less than 300,000 that is adjacent to a county described
by Subdivision (4); or
(8) a county with a population of more than 50,000 and
less than 90,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of
more than 4,000,000.
SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 323 passed the Senate on
April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 323 passed the House on
May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor