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1	1	By: Jones H.B. No. 4186
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to weight limits on a vehicle loaded with certain
7	7	agricultural products.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 621.508, Transportation Code, is amended
10	10	to read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 621.508. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FOR OPERATING VEHICLE
12	12	OVER MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AXLE WEIGHT. It is an affirmative defense to
13	13	prosecution of, or an action under Subchapter F for, the offense of
14	14	operating a vehicle with a single axle weight or tandem axle weight
15	15	heavier than the axle weight authorized by law that at the time of
16	16	the offense the vehicle:
17	17	(1) had either:
18	18	(A) a single axle weight or tandem axle weight
19	19	that was not heavier than the axle weight authorized by law plus 12
20	20	percent; or
21	21	(B) a combination of single axle weights and
22	22	tandem axle weights heavier than the axle weight authorized by law,
23	23	so long as each axle weight or tandem axle weight does not exceed
24	24	the axle weight authorized by law plus six percent;
25	25	(2) was loaded with timber, pulp wood, wood chips, or
26	26	cotton, livestock, or other agricultural products that are:
27	27	(A) in their natural state; and
28	28	(B) being transported from the place of
29	29	production to the place of first marketing or first processing; and
30	30	(3) was not being operated on a portion of the national
31	31	system of interstate and defense highways.
32	32	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.