Bill Text: TX HB1096 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-03 - Left pending in committee [HB1096 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1096-Introduced.html
| By: Toth | H.B. No. 1096 | |
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| 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, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) The department shall establish procedures, including | ||
| training, for the certification of municipal police officers, | ||
| sheriffs, [ |
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| to enforce this chapter. | ||
| (c-1) A constable or deputy constable of a county described | ||
| by this subsection is eligible to apply for certification under | ||
| this section. This subsection applies only to a constable or deputy | ||
| constable of a county: | ||
| (1) that is adjacent to a county with a population of | ||
| 3.3 million or more; and | ||
| (2) in which a planned community is located that has | ||
| 20,000 or more acres of land, that was originally established under | ||
| the Urban Growth and New Community Development Act of 1970 (42 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 4501 et seq.), and that is subject to restrictive | ||
| covenants containing ad valorem or annual variable budget based | ||
| assessments on real property. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 644.101(c), Transportation Code, as | ||
| amended by Chapters 169 (H.B. 917) and 478 (H.B. 511), Acts of the | ||
| 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, 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; [ |
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| more that borders the county in which the State Capitol is located; | ||
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| (5) a county described by Subsection (c-1). | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 644.103(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A municipal police officer who is certified under | ||
| Section 644.101 may stop, enter, or detain on a highway or at a port | ||
| of entry within the territory of the municipality a motor vehicle | ||
| that is subject to this chapter. A sheriff, [ |
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| constable, or deputy constable who is certified under Section | ||
| 644.101 may stop, enter, or detain on a highway or at a port of entry | ||
| within the territory of the county a motor vehicle that is subject | ||
| to this chapter. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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. | ||
