86R13222 JTS-D
By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 3935
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the certification of constables and deputy constables
to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 644.101(a) and (c), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall establish procedures, including
training, for the certification of municipal police officers,
sheriffs, [and] deputy sheriffs, constables, and deputy constables
to enforce this chapter.
(c) A sheriff, [or a] deputy sheriff, constable, or deputy
constable of a county bordering the United Mexican States or of a
county with a population of 700,000 or more is eligible to apply for
certification under this section.
SECTION 2. Section 644.103(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A municipal police officer who is certified under
Section 644.101 may stop, enter, or detain on a highway or at a port
of entry within the territory of the municipality a motor vehicle
that is subject to this chapter. A sheriff, [or] deputy sheriff,
constable, or deputy constable who is certified under Section
644.101 may stop, enter, or detain on a highway or at a port of entry
within the territory of the county a motor vehicle that is subject
to this chapter.
SECTION 3. 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, 2019.