Amend CSHB 300 (House committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____.  COUNTY TRAFFIC OFFICERS
	SECTION ____.01.  Section 701.006, Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	  Sec. 701.006.  [COMPLAINT;  HEARING;]  DISMISSAL.  
[(a)  If a county traffic officer fails to perform the officer's 
duty to enforce the law, the district engineer of the Texas 
Department of Transportation district in which the officer operates 
may send a written, signed complaint to the commissioners court.
	[(b)  On receipt of the complaint, the commissioners court 
shall hold a hearing and summon the officer to appear before it.
	[(c)  If the commissioners court determines at the hearing 
that the officer has not performed the officer's duty, the 
commissioners court shall immediately discharge the officer and 
promptly employ another officer.
	[(d)]  The commissioners court on its own initiative, or on 
recommendation of the sheriff, may dismiss a county traffic officer 
if the officer is no longer needed or if the officer's service is 
unsatisfactory.
	SECTION ____.02.  Section 701.002(b), Transportation Code, 
is repealed.