HB1517 - Relating to enforcement of municipal ordinances by certain sheriffs and constables.

  89R21628 MZM-D     By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1517     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1517:     By:  Bell of Montgomery C.S.H.B. No. 1517       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to enforcement of municipal ordinances by certain sheriffs   and constables.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 85, Local Government Code,   is amended by adding Section 85.025 to read as follows:           Sec.   85.025.     ENFORCEMENT OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE IN CERTAIN   COUNTIES.   A sheriff of a county with a population of more than four   million may enforce an ordinance adopted by the governing body of a   municipality if the municipality and the commissioners court of the   county the sheriff serves have entered into a written agreement   authorizing the sheriff to enforce the ordinance.   The sheriff may   only enforce an ordinance under this section within the portion of   the municipality located in the county the sheriff serves.          SECTION 2.  Section 86.021, Local Government Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:           (f)     A constable of a county with a population of more than   four million may enforce an ordinance adopted by the governing body   of a municipality if the municipality and the commissioners court   of the county the constable serves have entered into a written   agreement authorizing the constable to enforce the ordinance.   The   constable may only enforce an ordinance under this subsection   within the portion of the municipality located in the county the   constable serves.          SECTION 3.  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, 2025.