Bill Text: TX SB58 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of commercial vehicle safety standards by certain municipalities and counties.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB58 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB58-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 58

AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of commercial vehicle safety standards
by certain municipalities and counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 644.101(b) and (c), Transportation
Code, are 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; [or]
(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 with a population of more than
40,000 and less than 50,000 that is located in a county with a
population of more than 285,000 and less than 300,000 that borders
the Gulf of Mexico.
(c) A sheriff or a deputy sheriff of a county bordering the
United Mexican States or of a county with a population of 700,000
[one million] or more is eligible to apply for certification under
this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 58 passed the Senate on
May 6, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 58 passed the House on
May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor