By: Wilson, Bucy H.B. No. 511
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety
standards in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 644.101, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) 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 any of the following counties [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:
(1) a county bordering the United Mexican States;
(2) a county with a population of 700,000 or more;
(3) a county adjacent to a county with a population of
700,000 or more;
(4) a county with a population of 400,000 or more that
borders the county in which the State Capitol is located;
(5) a county that has a population of more than 450,000
and borders a county with a population of more than 3.3 million; or
(6) a county with a population of more than 500 and
less than 1,000 all or part of which is located within 75 miles of
the United Mexican States.
(c-1) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or deputy
constable of a county with a population of more than 450,000 that
borders a county with a population of more than 3.3 million 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 September 1, 2019.