Bill Text: TX HB511 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB511 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB511-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 511 |
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relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety | ||
standards in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 644.101(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) A sheriff or a deputy sheriff of any of the following | ||
counties [ |
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for certification under this section: | ||
(1) a county bordering the United Mexican States; | ||
(2) a county with a population of 700,000 or more; or | ||
(3) a county with a population of 400,000 or more that | ||
borders the county in which the State Capitol is located. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 644.102, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) The department may revoke or rescind the authority of a | ||
municipality or county to engage in enforcement under this chapter | ||
if the municipality or county fails to comply with this section or | ||
any standard established under Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 511 was passed by the House on April | ||
18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 4, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 511 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 12, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 511 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
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Governor |