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| 1 | 1 | 89R8534 MZM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1517 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to enforcement of municipal ordinances by certain | |
| 10 | 10 | constables. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 86.021, Local Government Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (f) A constable of a county with a population of more than | |
| 15 | 15 | four million may enforce an ordinance adopted by the governing body | |
| 16 | 16 | of a municipality if the municipality and the commissioners court | |
| 17 | 17 | of the county for which the constable serves have entered into a | |
| 18 | 18 | written agreement authorizing the constable to enforce the | |
| 19 | 19 | ordinance. The constable may only enforce an ordinance under this | |
| 20 | 20 | subsection within the portion of the municipality located in the | |
| 21 | 21 | county for which the constable serves. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |