TO: | Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB330 by Carona (Relating to enforcement of certain vehicle weight and safety requirements by a noncommissioned employee of the Department of Public Safety.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Transportation Code as it relates to the enforcement of certain vehicle weight and safety requirements by a noncommissioned employee of the Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Section 1 of the bill would amend Transportation Code, Section 621.402(c) which would require a noncommissioned employee of DPS who is supervised by a DPS officer, may, in a port of entry or commercial motor vehicle inspection site, weigh a vehicle, require the weight of a vehicle, or require a vehicle to be driven to the nearest scale. The bill states that a noncommissioned employee of DPS who is supervised by a DPS officer, may, at a commercial motor vehicle inspection site, stop, enter, or detain a motor vehicle. The bill would take effect on September 1, 2007.
DPS anticipates no fiscal impact to the agency.
Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, GG, LG
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