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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the certification of constables and deputy constables |
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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. Sections 644.101(a) and (c), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall establish procedures, including |
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training, for the certification of municipal police officers, |
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sheriffs, [and] deputy sheriffs, constables, and deputy constables |
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to enforce this chapter. |
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(c) A sheriff, [or a] deputy sheriff, constable, or deputy |
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constable of a county bordering the United Mexican States or of a |
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county with a population of 700,000 or more is eligible to apply for |
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certification under this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 644.103(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A municipal police officer who is certified under |
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Section 644.101 may stop, enter, or detain on a highway or at a port |
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of entry within the territory of the municipality a motor vehicle |
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that is subject to this chapter. A sheriff, [or] deputy sheriff, |
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constable, or deputy constable who is certified under Section |
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644.101 may stop, enter, or detain on a highway or at a port of entry |
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within the territory of the county a motor vehicle that is subject |
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to this chapter. |
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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, 2019. |