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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety |
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standards in certain municipalities. |
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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 138 (H.B. 1355), 142 (H.B. 1570), and 324 (S.B. |
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1488), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, 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 3.3 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; |
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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; |
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(7) a municipality that is located: |
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(A) within 25 miles of an international port; and |
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(B) in a county that does not contain a highway |
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that is part of the national system of interstate and defense |
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highways and is adjacent to a county with a population greater than |
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3.3 million; |
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(8) a municipality with a population of less than |
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8,500 that: |
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(A) is the county seat; and |
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(B) contains a highway that is part of the |
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national system of interstate and defense highways; |
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(9) a municipality located in a county with a |
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population between 60,000 and 66,000 adjacent to a bay connected to |
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the Gulf of Mexico; |
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(10) a municipality with a population of more than |
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40,000 and less than 50,000 that is located in a county with a |
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population of more than 285,000 and less than 300,000 that borders |
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the Gulf of Mexico; [or] |
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(11) a municipality with a population between 18,000 |
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and 18,500 that is located entirely in a county that: |
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(A) has a population of less than 200,000; |
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(B) is adjacent to two counties that each have a |
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population of more than 1.2 million; and |
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(C) contains two highways that are part of the |
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national system of interstate and defense highways; |
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(12) [(11)] a municipality with a population of more |
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than 3,000 and less than 10,000 that: |
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(A) contains a highway that is part of the |
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national system of interstate and defense highways; and |
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(B) is located in a county with a population |
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between 150,000 and 155,000; or |
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(13) a municipality with a population between 14,000 |
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and 17,000 that: |
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(A) contains three or more numbered United States |
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highways; and |
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(B) is located in a county that is adjacent to a |
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county with a population of more than 200,000. |
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SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, |
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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 September 1, 2019. |