Bill Text: TX HB523 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-19 - Referred to Transportation [HB523 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB523-Comm_Sub.html

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87R2633 SRA-D
By: Landgraf H.B. No. 523

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, 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; [or]
(3) [(2)] a county with a population of 700,000 or
more; [or]
(4) [(3)] 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:
(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.
SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.