1-1 By: Turner of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 630
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 12, 2001;
1-3 March 14, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; April 17, 2001, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 17, 2001, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the authority of a municipality to permit the use of
1-10 unmarked automobiles by certain municipal code enforcement
1-11 officers.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Section 721.005(a), Transportation Code, is
1-14 amended to read as follows:
1-15 (a) The governing body of a municipality may exempt from the
1-16 requirements of Section 721.004 an automobile when used to perform
1-17 an official duty by a:
1-18 (1) police department;
1-19 (2) magistrate as defined by Article 2.09, Code of
1-20 Criminal Procedure; [or]
1-21 (3) medical examiner; or
1-22 (4) municipal code enforcement officer designated to
1-23 enforce environmental criminal laws.
1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-25 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-26 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-27 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-28 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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