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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the certification of certain municipal police officers |
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to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 644.101(b), Transportation Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 508 (S.B. 545), 702 (H.B. 2077), and 1030 (H.B. |
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1638), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is |
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reenacted and amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A police officer of any of the following municipalities |
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is eligible to apply for certification under this section: |
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(1) a municipality with a population of 50,000 or |
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more; |
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(2) a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more |
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any part of which is located in a county with a population of |
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500,000 or more; |
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(3) a municipality with a population of less than |
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25,000: |
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(A) any part of which is located in a county with |
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a population of 2.4 million; and |
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(B) that contains or is adjacent to an |
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international port; |
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(4) a municipality with a population of at least |
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34,000 that is located in a county that borders two or more states; |
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(5) a municipality any part of which is located in a |
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county bordering the United Mexican States; [or] |
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(6) a municipality with a population of less than |
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5,000 that is located: |
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(A) adjacent to a bay connected to the Gulf of |
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Mexico; and |
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(B) in a county adjacent to a county with a |
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population greater than 3.3 million; or |
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(7) a municipality with a population of 10,000 or more |
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that is located in a county: |
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(A) with a population of less than 100,000; and |
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(B) that borders the State of Louisiana and the |
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Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. |
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SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2009. |