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


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
 
 
  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.
 
 
  ______________________________
  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.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor
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