H.B. No. 2749

	AN ACT
	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, as
	amended by Chapters 169 (H.B. 917) and 478 (H.B. 511), Acts of the
	86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is reenacted and amended
	to read as follows:
	(c)  A sheriff or a deputy sheriff of any of the following
	counties is eligible to apply for certification under this section:
	(1)  a county bordering the United Mexican States;
	(2)  a county with a population of less than 1,000, part
	of which is located within 75 miles of an international border; [or]
	(3) [(2)]  a county with a population of 700,000 or
	more; [or]
	(4) [(3)]  a county with a population of 400,000 or
	more that borders the county in which the State Capitol is located;
	or
	(5)  a county with a population of less than 250,000
	that:
	(A)  is adjacent to two counties that each have a
	population of more than 1.2 million; and
	(B)  contains two highways that are part of the
	national system of interstate and defense highways.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2749 was passed by the House on April
	23, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 13, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2749 was passed by the Senate on May
	11, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor