Tex. Transp. Code § 621.401 · Subchapter F. ENFORCEMENT
DEFINITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter, "weight enforcement officer" means:
(1) a license and weight inspector of the Department of Public Safety;
(2) a highway patrol officer;
(3) a sheriff or sheriff's deputy;
(4) a municipal police officer in a municipality with a population of:
(A) 100,000 or more; or
(B) 74,000 or more in a county with a population of more than 1.5 million;
(5) a police officer certified under Section 644.101; or
(6) a constable or deputy constable designated under Section 621.4015.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 364, Sec. 3, eff. May 27, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1523, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 931 (H.B. 602), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.621.htm
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