84R4221 AAF-D
By: Springer H.B. No. 636
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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), [and] (d), and
(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.