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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the enforcement of the fares and other charges imposed |
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by certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 451.0611, Transportation Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) An authority created before 1980 in which the principal |
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municipality has a population of less than 1.2 million may allow |
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peace officers of another political subdivision serving under a |
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contract with the authority to enforce a resolution passed by a |
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board under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |