| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 323 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety |
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| 6 | 6 | | standards in certain counties. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 644.101(c), Transportation Code, as |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended by Chapters 74 (H.B. 2749) and 429 (S.B. 901), Acts of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) A sheriff or a deputy sheriff of any of the following |
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| 13 | 13 | | counties is eligible to apply for certification under this section: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) a county bordering the United Mexican States; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) a county with a population of less than 1,000, part |
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| 16 | 16 | | of which is located within 75 miles of an international border; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (3) a county with a population of 700,000 or more; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (4) a county with a population of 400,000 or more that |
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| 19 | 19 | | borders the county in which the State Capitol is located; [or] |
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| 20 | 20 | | (5) a county with a population of less than 250,000 |
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| 21 | 21 | | that: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) is adjacent to two counties that each have a |
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| 23 | 23 | | population of more than 1.2 million; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) contains two highways that are part of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | national system of interstate and defense highways; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6) [(5)] a county: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (A) any part of which is within 30 miles of New |
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| 28 | 28 | | Mexico; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) that is adjacent to two or more counties that |
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| 30 | 30 | | generated $100 million or more in tax revenue collected under |
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| 31 | 31 | | Chapters 201 and 202, Tax Code, from oil and gas production during |
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| 32 | 32 | | the preceding state fiscal year; [or] |
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| 33 | 33 | | (7) [(6)] a county with a population of more than |
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| 34 | 34 | | 40,000 and less than 300,000 that is adjacent to a county described |
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| 35 | 35 | | by Subdivision (4); or |
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| 36 | 36 | | (8) a county with a population of more than 50,000 and |
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| 37 | 37 | | less than 90,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of |
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| 38 | 38 | | more than 4,000,000. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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| 40 | 40 | | over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, |
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| 41 | 41 | | relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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| 42 | 42 | | codes. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 46 | 46 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 323 passed the Senate on |
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| 47 | 47 | | April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | 50 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 323 passed the House on |
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| 51 | 51 | | May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, one |
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| 52 | 52 | | present not voting. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 55 | 55 | | Approved: |
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| 56 | 56 | | ______________________________ |
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| 57 | 57 | | Date |
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| 58 | 58 | | ______________________________ |
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| 59 | 59 | | Governor |
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