Bill Text: TX HB469 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB469 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB469-Introduced.html

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89R2145 MZM-D
By: Vasut H.B. No. 469

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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, is
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;
(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) 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;
(7) 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; or
(9) a county that contains an international port.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.