Tex. Transportation Code § 621.401: DEFINITION.

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.

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.