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1		-	By: Lozano (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 716
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
3		-	May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Transportation; May 14, 2015, reported favorably by the following
5		-	vote: Yeas 6, Nays 2; May 14, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	COMMITTEE VOTE
10		-	YeaNayAbsentPNV
11		-	NicholsX
12		-	HuffinesX
13		-	EllisX
14		-	FraserX
15		-	GarciaX
16		-	HallX
17		-	HancockX
18		-	KolkhorstX
19		-	TaylorofCollinX
20		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
21	4		AN ACT
22	5		relating to the certification of certain peace officers to enforce
23	6		commercial motor vehicle safety standards.
24	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
25	8		SECTION 1. Section 644.101(b), Transportation Code, is
26	9		amended to read as follows:
27	10		(b) A police officer of any of the following municipalities
28	11		is eligible to apply for certification under this section:
29	12		(1) a municipality with a population of 50,000 or
30	13		more;
31	14		(2) a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more
32	15		any part of which is located in a county with a population of
33	16		500,000 or more;
34	17		(3) a municipality with a population of less than
35	18		25,000:
36	19		(A) any part of which is located in a county with
37	20		a population of 3.3 million; and
38	21		(B) that contains or is adjacent to an
39	22		international port;
40	23		(4) a municipality with a population of at least
41	24		34,000 that is located in a county that borders two or more states;
42	25		(5) a municipality any part of which is located in a
43	26		county bordering the United Mexican States;
44	27		(6) a municipality with a population of less than
45	28		5,000 that is located:
46	29		(A) adjacent to a bay connected to the Gulf of
47	30		Mexico; and
48	31		(B) in a county adjacent to a county with a
49	32		population greater than 3.3 million;
50	33		(7) a municipality that is located:
51	34		(A) within 25 miles of an international port; and
52	35		(B) in a county that does not contain a highway
53	36		that is part of the national system of interstate and defense
54	37		highways and is adjacent to a county with a population greater than
55	38		3.3 million; [or]
56	39		(8) a municipality with a population of less than
57	40		8,500 that:
58	41		(A) is the county seat; and
59	42		(B) contains a highway that is part of the
60	43		national system of interstate and defense highways; or
61	44		(9) a municipality located in a county with a
62	45		population between 60,000 and 66,000 adjacent to a bay connected to
63	46		the Gulf of Mexico.
64	47		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
65	48		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
66	49		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
67	50		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
68	51		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	52	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	53	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	54	+	I certify that H.B. No. 716 was passed by the House on May 1,
	55	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 7, 2 present, not
	56	+	voting.
	57	+	______________________________
	58	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	59	+	I certify that H.B. No. 716 was passed by the Senate on May
	60	+	21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.
	61	+	______________________________
	62	+	Secretary of the Senate
	63	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	64	+	Date
	65	+	_____________________
	66	+	Governor