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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a |
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commissioners court in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 621.4015(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A county commissioners court may designate a constable |
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or deputy constable of the county as a weight enforcement officer in |
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a county: |
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(1) that is a county with a population of 1.5 million |
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or more and is within 200 miles of an international border; [or] |
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(2) that is adjacent to a county with a population of |
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3.3 million or more, [;] and |
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[(3)] in which a planned community is located that has |
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20,000 or more acres of land, that was originally established under |
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the National Urban Policy [Growth] and New Community Development |
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Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. Section 4501 et seq.), and that is subject to |
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restrictive covenants containing ad valorem or annual variable |
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budget based assessments on real property; or |
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(3) that has a population of more than 75,000 but less |
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than 90,000 and is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision |
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(2). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |