H.B. No. 716
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the certification of certain peace officers to enforce
  commercial motor vehicle safety standards.
         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 50,000 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
  500,000 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 3.3 million; and
                     (B)  that contains or is adjacent to an
  international port;
               (4)  a municipality with a population of at least
  34,000 that is located in a county that borders two or more states;
               (5)  a municipality any part of which is located in a
  county bordering the United Mexican States;
               (6)  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;
               (7)  a municipality that is located:
                     (A)  within 25 miles of an international port; and
                     (B)  in a county that does not contain a highway
  that is part of the national system of interstate and defense
  highways and is adjacent to a county with a population greater than
  3.3 million; [or]
               (8)  a municipality with a population of less than
  8,500 that:
                     (A)  is the county seat; and
                     (B)  contains a highway that is part of the
  national system of interstate and defense highways; or
               (9)  a municipality located in a county with a
  population between 60,000 and 66,000 adjacent to a bay connected to
  the Gulf of Mexico.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 716 was passed by the House on May 1,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 7, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 716 was passed by the Senate on May
  21, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor