Sec. 644.101. CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN PEACE OFFICERS. (a) The department shall establish procedures, including training, for the certification of municipal police officers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs to enforce this chapter.
(b) A police officer of any of the following municipalities is eligible to apply for certification under this section:
(1) a municipality with a population of 50,000 or more;
(2) a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more any part of which is located in a county with a population of 500,000 or more;
(3) a municipality with a population of less than 25,000:
(A) any part of which is located in a county with a population of 3.3 million; and
(B) that contains or is adjacent to an international port;
(4) a municipality with a population of at least 34,000 that is located in a county that borders two or more states;
(5) a municipality any part of which is located in a county bordering the United Mexican States;
(6) a municipality with a population of less than 5,000 that is located:
(A) adjacent to a bay connected to the Gulf of Mexico; and
(B) in a county adjacent to a county with a population greater than 3.3 million;
(7) a municipality that is located:
(A) within 25 miles of an international port; and
(B) in a county that does not contain a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways and is adjacent to a county with a population greater than 3.3 million;
(8) a municipality with a population of less than 8,500 that:
(A) is the county seat; and
(B) contains a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways; or
Text of subdivision as added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 278, Sec. 1
(9) a municipality located in a county with a population between 60,000 and 66,000 adjacent to a bay connected to the Gulf of Mexico
Text of subdivision as added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130, Sec. 1
(9) a municipality with a population of more than 40,000 and less than 50,000 that is located in a county with a population of more than 285,000 and less than 300,000 that borders the Gulf of Mexico.
(c) A sheriff or a deputy sheriff of a county bordering the United Mexican States or of a county with a population of 700,000 or more is eligible to apply for certification under this section.
(d) A sheriff, a deputy sheriff, or any peace officer that does not attend continuing education courses on the enforcement of traffic and highway laws and on the use of radar equipment as prescribed by Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, shall not enforce traffic and highway laws.
(e) The department by rule shall establish reasonable fees sufficient to recover from a municipality or a county the cost of certifying its peace officers under this section.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.151(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.29(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1189, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1227, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 508 (S.B. 545), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 702 (H.B. 2077), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1030 (H.B. 1638), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 23.009, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 249 (H.B. 1010), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 176, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 683 (H.B. 2304), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 278 (H.B. 716), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130 (S.B. 58), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
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