| 1 | 1 | | 88R13530 MZM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Vasut H.B. No. 3293 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a |
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| 8 | 8 | | commissioners court in certain counties. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 621.4015(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) A county commissioners court may designate a constable |
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| 13 | 13 | | or deputy constable of the county as a weight enforcement officer in |
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| 14 | 14 | | a county: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) that is a county with a population of 1.5 million |
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| 16 | 16 | | or more and is within 200 miles of an international border; [or] |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) that is adjacent to a county with a population of |
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| 18 | 18 | | 3.3 million or more, [;] and |
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| 19 | 19 | | [(3)] in which a planned community is located that has |
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| 20 | 20 | | 20,000 or more acres of land, that was originally established under |
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| 21 | 21 | | the Urban Growth and New Community Development Act of 1970 (42 |
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| 22 | 22 | | U.S.C. Section 4501 et seq.), and that is subject to restrictive |
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| 23 | 23 | | covenants containing ad valorem or annual variable budget based |
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| 24 | 24 | | assessments on real property; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) that contains an international port. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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