(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;
(9) a municipality located in a county with a population between 60,000 and 69,000 adjacent to a bay connected to the Gulf of Mexico;
(10) 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;
(11) a municipality with a population between 32,000 and 50,000 that is located entirely in a county that:
(A) has a population of less than 250,000;
(B) is adjacent to two counties that each have a population of more than 1.2 million; and
(C) contains two highways that are part of the national system of interstate and defense highways;
(12) a municipality with a population of more than 4,500 and less than 10,000 that:
(A) contains a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways; and
(B) is located in a county with a population between 175,000 and 190,000;
(13) a municipality with a population of less than 75,000 that is located in three counties, at least one of which has a population greater than 3.3 million;
(14) a municipality with a population between 13,900 and 17,000 that:
(A) contains three or more numbered United States highways; and
(B) is located in a county that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 200,000;
(15) a municipality with a population of less than 50,000 that is located in:
(A) a county that generated $20 million or more in tax revenue collected under Chapters 201 and 202, Tax Code, from oil and gas production during the preceding state fiscal year; or
(B) a county that is adjacent to two or more counties described by Paragraph (A); or