Those cities that enforce these types of violations are limited in the amount of fine revenue they can retain from enforcement. Before Chapter 644 can be enforced, police officers have to be certified by the Department of Public Safety.
Excess amounts have to be sent to the state.
In each fiscal year, a municipality may retain fines from the enforcement of this chapter in an amount not to exceed 110 percent of the municipality's actual expenses for enforcement of this chapter in the preceding fiscal year, as determined by the comptroller after reviewing the most recent municipal audit conducted under Section 103.001, Local Government Code. If there are no actual expenses for enforcement of this chapter in the most recent municipal audit, a municipality may retain fines in an amount not to exceed 110 percent of the amount the comptroller estimates would be the municipality's actual expenses for enforcement of this chapter during the year. A copy of your city's annual audit should be included with this worksheet. The total for all categories should be included on Item 1 of the Texas Excess Motor Carrier Fines Report, if it is necessary to file that report. If this is your city's first year of enforcement, these costs should be estimated.