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HB4142 • 2025

Relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a commissioners court in certain counties.

Relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a commissioners court in certain counties.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Wharton
Last action
2025-05-15
Official status
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a commissioners court in certain counties.

Relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a commissioners court in certain counties.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a commissioners court in certain counties.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  3. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  4. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  5. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  6. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  7. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  9. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  11. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  12. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  13. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Transportation

  14. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a commissioners court in certain counties.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 4142 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R10523 JAM-D

By: Wharton

H.B. No. 4142

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a

commissioners court in certain counties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 621.4015(a), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) A county commissioners court may designate a constable

or deputy constable of the county as a weight enforcement officer in

a county:

(1) that is a county with a population of 1.5 million

or more and is within 200 miles of an international border; [
or
]

(2) that is adjacent to a county with a population of

3.3 million or more
,
[
;
] and

[
(3)
] in which a planned community is located that has

20,000 or more acres of land, that was originally established under

the
National
Urban
Policy
[
Growth
] and New Community Development

Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. Section 4501 et seq.), and that is subject to

restrictive covenants containing ad valorem or annual variable

budget based assessments on real property
; or

(3)

that has a population of more than 75,000 but less

than 90,000 and is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision

(2)
.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.