79R4676 MTB-F


By:  Harper-Brown                                                 H.B. No. 1165



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the employment of county traffic officers by certain 
counties.  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 701.001, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 701.001.  AUTHORIZATION.  (a)  Except as provided by 
Subsection (c), acting [Acting] in conjunction with the sheriff of 
the county, the commissioners court of a county may employ not more 
than five regular deputies as county traffic officers.
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] 
commissioners court may employ not more than two additional 
deputies as county traffic officers to aid the regular officers in 
special emergencies.
	(c)  The limitation on the number of deputies that may be 
employed under Subsections (a) and (b) does not apply to a county 
with a population of more than two million.
	SECTION 2.  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, 2005.