By: Rodriguez of Travis (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 2304
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2013;
April 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; April 29, 2013, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 29, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the certification of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to
enforce 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, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A sheriff or a deputy sheriff of a county bordering the
United Mexican States or of a county with a population of one [2.2]
million or more is eligible to apply for certification under this
section.
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, 2013.
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