80R2817 DWS-D
 
  By: Noriega H.B. No. 562
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility of a municipality or county for a federal
grant to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 644.102(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
       (b)  A municipality or county that engages in enforcement
under this chapter:
             (1)  shall pay all costs relating to the municipality's
or county's enforcement; and
             (2)  [may not be considered, in the context of a federal
grant related to this chapter:
                   [(A)a party to a federal grant agreement; or
                   [(B)  a grantee under a federal grant to the
department; and
             [(3)] must comply with the standards established under
Subsection (a).
       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, 2007.