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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the duties of a constable and deputy constable; |
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authorizing certification. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 621.401, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 621.401. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "weight |
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enforcement officer" means: |
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(1) a license and weight inspector of the Department |
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of Public Safety; |
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(2) a highway patrol officer; |
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(3) a sheriff or sheriff's deputy; |
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(4) a municipal police officer in a municipality with |
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a population of: |
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(A) 100,000 or more; or |
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(B) 74,000 or more in a county with a population |
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of more than 1.5 million; |
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(5) a police officer certified under Section 644.101; |
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or |
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(6) a constable or deputy constable [designated under
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Section 621.4015]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 644.101(a), Transportation Code, is |
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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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SECTION 3. 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 4. Section 621.4015, Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |