H.B. No. 2901
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety
standards in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 644.101(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A police officer of any of the following municipalities
is eligible to apply for certification under this section:
(1) a municipality with a population of 50,000 or
more;
(2) a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more
any part of which is located in a county with a population of
500,000 or more;
(3) a municipality with a population of less than
25,000:
(A) any part of which is located in a county with
a population of 3.3 million; and
(B) that contains or is adjacent to an
international port;
(4) a municipality with a population of at least
34,000 that is located in a county that borders two or more states;
(5) a municipality any part of which is located in a
county bordering the United Mexican States;
(6) a municipality with a population of less than
5,000 that is located:
(A) adjacent to a bay connected to the Gulf of
Mexico; and
(B) in a county adjacent to a county with a
population greater than 3.3 million;
(7) a municipality that is located:
(A) within 25 miles of an international port; and
(B) in a county that does not contain a highway
that is part of the national system of interstate and defense
highways and is adjacent to a county with a population greater than
3.3 million;
(8) a municipality with a population of less than
8,500 that:
(A) is the county seat; and
(B) contains a highway that is part of the
national system of interstate and defense highways;
(9) a municipality located in a county with a
population between 60,000 and 66,000 adjacent to a bay connected to
the Gulf of Mexico;
(10) a municipality with a population of more than
40,000 and less than 50,000 that is located in a county with a
population of more than 285,000 and less than 300,000 that borders
the Gulf of Mexico;
(11) a municipality with a population between 32,000
and 50,000 that is located entirely in a county that:
(A) has a population of less than 250,000;
(B) is adjacent to two counties that each have a
population of more than 1.2 million; and
(C) contains two highways that are part of the
national system of interstate and defense highways;
(12) a municipality with a population of more than
3,000 and less than 10,000 that:
(A) contains a highway that is part of the
national system of interstate and defense highways; and
(B) is located in a county with a population
between 150,000 and 155,000;
(13) a municipality with a population of less than
75,000 that is located in three counties, at least one of which has
a population greater than 3.3 million;
(14) a municipality with a population between 14,000
and 17,000 that:
(A) contains three or more numbered United States
highways; and
(B) is located in a county that is adjacent to a
county with a population of more than 200,000; [or]
(15) a municipality with a population of less than
50,000 that is located in:
(A) a county that generated $20 million or more
in tax revenue collected under Chapters 201 and 202, Tax Code, from
oil and gas production during the preceding state fiscal year; or
(B) a county that is adjacent to two or more
counties described by Paragraph (A); or
(16) a municipality with a population of more than
2,000 that is located in a county:
(A) with a population of less than 200,000; and
(B) that borders:
(i) another state; and
(ii) the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2901 was passed by the House on April
20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 21, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2901 was passed by the Senate on May
16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor