Bill Text: TX HB4073 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB4073 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB4073-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Smith (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 4073
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021;
May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 19, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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, 2021.
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