Bill Text: TX HB1302 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the operation of an overweight vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1302 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1302-Introduced.html

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85R6079 JRR-D
By: Anderson of Dallas H.B. No. 1302

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the
operation of an overweight vehicle.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.019(f), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) A justice or municipal court [of the peace] has
jurisdiction of an [any] offense under this section. [A municipal
court has jurisdiction of an offense under this section in which the
fine does not exceed $500.]
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, 2017.