84R7050 JTS-D By: Phelan H.B. No. 1631 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities and counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 644.101(b) and (c), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: (b) A police officer of any of the following municipalities is eligible to apply for certification under this section: (1) a municipality with a population of 50,000 or more; (2) a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more any part of which is located in a county with a population of 500,000 or more; (3) a municipality with a population of less than 25,000: (A) any part of which is located in a county with a population of 3.3 million; and (B) that contains or is adjacent to an international port; (4) a municipality with a population of at least 34,000 that is located in a county that borders two or more states; (5) a municipality any part of which is located in a county bordering the United Mexican States; (6) a municipality with a population of less than 5,000 that is located: (A) adjacent to a bay connected to the Gulf of Mexico; and (B) in a county adjacent to a county with a population greater than 3.3 million; (7) a municipality that is located: (A) within 25 miles of an international port; and (B) in a county that does not contain a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways and is adjacent to a county with a population greater than 3.3 million; [or] (8) a municipality with a population of less than 8,500 that: (A) is the county seat; and (B) contains a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways; or (9) a municipality located in a county described by Subsection (c)(3). (c) A sheriff or a deputy sheriff of any of the following counties [a county bordering the United Mexican States or of a county with a population of one million or more] is eligible to apply for certification under this section: (1) a county bordering the United Mexican States; (2) a county with a population of one million or more; or (3) a county with a population of less than 100,000 that borders the State of Louisiana and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.