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|  | AN ACT | 
|  | relating to enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety | 
|  | standards in certain municipalities. | 
|  | 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 100,000 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 two | 
|  | million 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 2.4 million; and | 
|  | (B)  that contains or is adjacent to an | 
|  | international port; [ or] | 
|  | (4)  a municipality any part of which is located in a | 
|  | county bordering the United Mexican States; or | 
|  | (5)  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. | 
|  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
|  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
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|  | I certify that H.B. No. 1638 was passed by the House on May 8, | 
|  | 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | 
|  | voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | 
|  | H.B. No. 1638 on May 24, 2007, and requested the appointment of a | 
|  | conference committee to consider the differences between the two | 
|  | houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | 
|  | on H.B. No. 1638 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, | 
|  | Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
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|  | I certify that H.B. No. 1638 was passed by the Senate, with | 
|  | amendments, on May 21, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays | 
|  | 0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | 
|  | committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | 
|  | that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | 
|  | 1638 on May 26, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Secretary of the Senate | 
|  | APPROVED: __________________ | 
|  | Date | 
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|  | __________________ | 
|  | Governor |