Bill Text: TX HB636 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the fines for the operation of overweight vehicles transporting agricultural products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-26 - Left pending in committee [HB636 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB636-Introduced.html
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| By: Springer | H.B. No. 636 | |
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| relating to the fines for the operation of overweight vehicles | ||
| transporting agricultural products. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 623.019, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (i) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsections (c), [ |
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| (i), an offense under Subsection (a) is a misdemeanor punishable by | ||
| a fine of not less than $100 or more than $250. | ||
| (i) An offense under Subsection (a) is a misdemeanor | ||
| punishable by a fine of not more than $25 if the offense involves a | ||
| vehicle loaded primarily with agricultural products in their | ||
| natural state. If it is shown on the trial of an offense under | ||
| Subsection (a) that the actor has previously been convicted one or | ||
| more times of an offense punishable under this subsection, the | ||
| offense is punishable by, as applicable: | ||
| (1) a fine according to the schedules as provided by | ||
| Subsection (c); or | ||
| (2) a fine calculated in the manner described by | ||
| Subsection (d). | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
| purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2015. | ||
