By: Taylor (Senate Sponsor - Jackson) H.B. No. 1638

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2007; May 10, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; May 17, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 644.101(b), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) A police officer of any of the following municipalities is eligible to apply for certification under this section:

(1) a municipality with a population of 100,000 or more;

(2) a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more any part of which is located in a county with a population of two million or more;

(3) a municipality with a population of less than 25,000:

(A) any part of which is located in a county with a population of 2.4 million; and

(B) that contains or is adjacent to an international port; [or]

(4) a municipality any part of which is located in a county bordering the United Mexican States; or

(5) a municipality with a population of less than 5,000 that is located:

(A) adjacent to a bay connected to the Gulf of Mexico; and

(B) in a county adjacent to a county with a population greater than 3.3 million.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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