87R6678 JTS-F
 
  By: Ellzey H.B. No. 2749
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety
  standards in certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 644.101(c), Transportation Code, as
  amended by Chapters 169 (H.B. 917) and 478 (H.B. 511), Acts of the
  86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is reenacted and amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  A sheriff or a deputy sheriff of any of the following
  counties is eligible to apply for certification under this section:
               (1)  a county bordering the United Mexican States;
               (2)  a county with a population of less than 1,000, part
  of which is located within 75 miles of an international border; [or]
               (3) [(2)]  a county with a population of 700,000 or
  more; [or]
               (4) [(3)]  a county with a population of 400,000 or
  more that borders the county in which the State Capitol is located;
  or
               (5)  a county with a population of less than 250,000
  that:
                     (A)  is adjacent to two counties that each have a
  population of more than 1.2 million; and
                     (B)  contains two highways that are part of the
  national system of interstate and defense highways.
         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, 2021.