| 1 | 1 | | By: Toth H.B. No. 4144 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the designation of a constable or deputy constable as a |
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| 7 | 7 | | weight enforcement officer in certain counties. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 621.4015(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 621.4015. DESIGNATION BY COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a) A |
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| 12 | 12 | | county commissioners court may designate a constable or deputy |
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| 13 | 13 | | constable of the county as a weight enforcement officer in a county: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) that is a county with a population of 1.5 million |
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| 15 | 15 | | or more and is within 200 miles of an international border; or |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) that is adjacent to a county with a population of |
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| 17 | 17 | | 3.3 million or more; [and] |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) in which a planned community is located that has |
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| 19 | 19 | | 20,000 or more acres of land, that was originally established under |
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| 20 | 20 | | the Urban Growth and New Community Development Act of 1970 (42 |
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| 21 | 21 | | U.S.C. Section 4501 et seq.), and that is subject to restrictive |
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| 22 | 22 | | covenants containing ad valorem or annual variable budget based |
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| 23 | 23 | | assessments on real property; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) a county that: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (A) has a population of 425,000 or more; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) is adjacent to a county with a population of |
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| 27 | 27 | | 3.3 million or more; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (C) contains a portion of the San Jacinto River |
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| 29 | 29 | | . |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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