Bill Text: TX HB2739 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles on a state highway or farm or ranch road at a weight that exceeds the maximum weight authorized for the road; imposing a criminal penalty.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Transportation [HB2739 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2739-Introduced.html
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| By: Smith | H.B. No. 2739 | |
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| relating to the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles on | ||
| a state highway or farm or ranch road at a weight that exceeds the | ||
| maximum weight authorized for the road; imposing a criminal | ||
| penalty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 621.102, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
| (g) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a person may not | ||
| operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles on a road for which the | ||
| executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation has | ||
| set a maximum weight under this section if the weight of the vehicle | ||
| or combination of vehicles exceeds the maximum weight set by the | ||
| executive director. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 621.506(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A person commits an offense if the person: | ||
| (1) operates a vehicle or combination of vehicles in | ||
| violation of Section 621.101, 621.102, 622.012, 622.031, 622.041, | ||
| 622.0435, 622.051, 622.061, 622.133, 622.953, or 623.162; or | ||
| (2) loads a vehicle or causes a vehicle to be loaded in | ||
| violation of Section 621.503. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
