Bill Text: TX HB716 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the certification of certain peace officers to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB716 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB716-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the certification of certain peace officers to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB716 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB716-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Lozano (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) | H.B. No. 716 | |
| (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; | ||
| May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
| Transportation; May 14, 2015, reported favorably by the following | ||
| vote: Yeas 6, Nays 2; May 14, 2015, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to the certification of certain peace officers to enforce | ||
| commercial motor vehicle safety standards. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 644.101(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
| 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; [ |
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| (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 with a | ||
| population between 60,000 and 66,000 adjacent to a bay connected to | ||
| the Gulf of Mexico. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2015. | ||
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