87R8105 JTS-D
By: Wilson H.B. No. 2191
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(c), Transportation Code, as
amended by Chapters 169 (H.B. 917) and 478 (H.B. 511), Acts of the
86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
(c) A sheriff or a deputy sheriff of any of the following
counties is eligible to apply for certification under this section:
(1) a county bordering the United Mexican States;
(2) a county with a population of less than 1,000, part
of which is located within 75 miles of an international border; [or]
(3) [(2)] a county with a population of 700,000 or
more; [or]
(4) [(3)] a county with a population of 400,000 or
more that borders the county in which the State Capitol is located;
or
(5) a county with a population of more than 40,000 and
less than 300,000 that is adjacent to a county described by
Subdivision (4).
SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
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, 2021.