89R10523 JAM-D
By: Wharton H.B. No. 4142
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a
commissioners court in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 621.4015(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A county commissioners court may designate a constable
or deputy constable of the county as a weight enforcement officer in
a county:
(1) that is a county with a population of 1.5 million
or more and is within 200 miles of an international border; [or]
(2) that is adjacent to a county with a population of
3.3 million or more, [;] and
[(3)] in which a planned community is located that has
20,000 or more acres of land, that was originally established under
the National Urban Policy [Growth] and New Community Development
Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. Section 4501 et seq.), and that is subject to
restrictive covenants containing ad valorem or annual variable
budget based assessments on real property; or
(3) that has a population of more than 75,000 but less
than 90,000 and is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision
(2).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.