Bill Text: TX HB2730 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to weight limits on a vehicle loaded with certain agricultural products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB2730 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2730-Comm_Sub.html
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By: White | H.B. No. 2730 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2730: | |||
By: Davis of Dallas | C.S.H.B. No. 2730 |
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relating to weight limits on a vehicle loaded with certain | ||
agricultural products. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 621.508, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 621.508. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FOR OPERATING VEHICLE | ||
OVER MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE [ |
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defense to prosecution of, or an action under Subchapter F for, the | ||
offense of operating a vehicle with a gross weight, single axle | ||
weight, or tandem axle weight heavier than the [ |
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authorized by law that at the time of the offense the vehicle: | ||
(1) had a gross weight, single axle weight, or tandem | ||
axle weight that was not heavier than the [ |
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by law plus 12 percent; | ||
(2) was loaded with timber, pulp wood, wood chips, or | ||
cotton, livestock, or other agricultural products that are: | ||
(A) in their natural state; and | ||
(B) being transported from the place of | ||
production to the place of first marketing or first processing; and | ||
(3) was not being operated on a portion of the national | ||
system of interstate and defense highways. | ||
(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of, or an | ||
action under Subchapter F for, the offense of operating a vehicle | ||
with a single axle weight or tandem axle weight heavier than the | ||
axle weight authorized by law that at the time of the offense the | ||
vehicle: | ||
(1) was issued a permit under Section 623.011; | ||
(2) was loaded with timber, pulp wood, wood chips, or | ||
cotton, livestock, or other agricultural products that are: | ||
(A) in their natural state; and | ||
(B) being transported from the place of | ||
production to the place of first marketing or first processing; and | ||
(3) was not being operated on a portion of the national | ||
system of interstate and defense highways. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2011. |