Amend CSHB 300 (House committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and
renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. COUNTY TRAFFIC OFFICERS
SECTION ____.01. Section 701.006, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 701.006. [COMPLAINT; HEARING;] DISMISSAL.
[(a) If a county traffic officer fails to perform the officer's
duty to enforce the law, the district engineer of the Texas
Department of Transportation district in which the officer operates
may send a written, signed complaint to the commissioners court.
[(b) On receipt of the complaint, the commissioners court
shall hold a hearing and summon the officer to appear before it.
[(c) If the commissioners court determines at the hearing
that the officer has not performed the officer's duty, the
commissioners court shall immediately discharge the officer and
promptly employ another officer.
[(d)] The commissioners court on its own initiative, or on
recommendation of the sheriff, may dismiss a county traffic officer
if the officer is no longer needed or if the officer's service is
unsatisfactory.
SECTION ____.02. Section 701.002(b), Transportation Code,
is repealed.