1-1     By:  Moreno of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro)      H.B. No. 2058
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
 1-4     Affairs; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the inspection of a commercial motor carrier's premises
 1-9     by municipal police officers.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 644.104, Transportation Code, is amended
1-12     by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-13           (e)  A municipal police officer who is certified under
1-14     Section 644.101 may enter a motor carrier's premises to inspect
1-15     equipment on a per unit basis or in a manner agreeable between the
1-16     motor carrier and the enforcement entity:
1-17                 (1)  at a reasonable time;
1-18                 (2)  after stating the purpose of the inspection; and
1-19                 (3)  by presenting to the motor carrier appropriate
1-20     credentials.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-24     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-25     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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