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AN ACT
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relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety |
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standards by certain peace officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (f), Section 45.051, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, as amended by Chapters 281 and 357, Acts of the 79th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is reenacted and amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) This article does not apply to: |
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(1) an offense to which Section 542.404 [or
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729.004(b)], Transportation Code, applies; or |
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(2) a violation of a state law or local ordinance |
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relating to motor vehicle control, other than a parking violation, |
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committed by a person who: |
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(A) holds a commercial driver's license; or |
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(B) held a commercial driver's license when the |
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offense was committed. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 644.101, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A police officer of any of the following municipalities |
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is eligible to apply for certification under this section: |
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(1) a municipality with a population of 50,000 |
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[100,000] or more; |
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(2) a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more |
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any part of which is located in a county with a population of |
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500,000 [two million] or more; |
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(3) a municipality with a population of less than |
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25,000: |
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(A) any part of which is located in a county with |
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a population of 2.4 million; and |
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(B) that contains or is adjacent to an |
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international port; [or] |
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(4) a municipality with a population of at least |
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34,000 that is located in a county that borders two or more states; |
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or |
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(5) a municipality any part of which is located in a |
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county bordering the United Mexican States. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 545 passed the Senate on |
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March 15, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 21, 2007, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 545 passed the House, with |
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amendments, on May 17, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 137, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |