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AN ACT
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relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of |
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Transportation related to county traffic officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 701.006, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 701.006. [COMPLAINT; HEARING;] DISMISSAL. [(a)
If
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a county traffic officer fails to perform the officer's duty to
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enforce the law, the district engineer of the Texas Department of
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Transportation district in which the officer operates may send a
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written, signed complaint to the commissioners court.
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[(b)
On receipt of the complaint, the commissioners court
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shall hold a hearing and summon the officer to appear before it.
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[(c)
If the commissioners court determines at the hearing
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that the officer has not performed the officer's duty, the
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commissioners court shall immediately discharge the officer and
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promptly employ another officer.
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[(d)] The commissioners court on its own initiative, or on |
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recommendation of the sheriff, may dismiss a county traffic officer |
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if the officer is no longer needed or if the officer's service is |
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unsatisfactory. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 701.002, Transportation |
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Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 376 passed the Senate on |
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March 19, 2009, by the 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. 376 passed the House on |
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May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |