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By: Hegar H.B. No. 1186
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a
commissioners court in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 621.401, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 621.401. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "weight
enforcement officer" means:
(1) a license and weight inspector of the Department
of Public Safety;
(2) a highway patrol officer;
(3) a sheriff or sheriff's deputy;
(4) a municipal police officer in a municipality with
a population of:
(A) 100,000 or more; or
(B) 74,000 or more in a county with a population
of more than 1.5 million; [or]
(5) a police officer certified under Section 644.101;
or
(6) a constable or deputy constable designated under
Section 621.4015.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 621, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 621.4015 to read as follows:
Sec. 621.4015. DESIGNATION BY COMMISSIONERS COURT. A
county commissioners court of a county with a population of 40,000
or more may designate a constable or deputy constable of the county
as a weight enforcement officer.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.