By:  Montford                                          S.B. No. 614
       73R5567 JD-F
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to definitions and penalties under the Texas Commercial
    1-3  Driver's License Act.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Sections 3(19), (20), and (24), Texas Commercial
    1-6  Driver's License Act (Article 6687b-2, Revised Statutes), are
    1-7  amended to read as follows:
    1-8              (19)  "Gross combination weight rating" or "GCWR" means
    1-9  the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a
   1-10  combination (articulated) vehicle<, the registered gross
   1-11  combination weight, or the actual weight, whichever is greatest>.
   1-12  If there is no manufacturer's specified value, gross combination
   1-13  weight rating <The actual weight> is determined by adding the GVWR
   1-14  of the power unit and the total weight of the towed unit or units
   1-15  and any load on a towed unit.
   1-16              (20)  "Gross vehicle weight rating" or "GVWR" means the
   1-17  value specified by the manufacturer as the <maximum> loaded weight
   1-18  of a single vehicle<, registered gross weight, or the actual
   1-19  weight, whichever is greatest. The actual weight is the actual
   1-20  gross weight of the single unit and any load on the unit>.
   1-21              (24)  "Out-of-service order" means a temporary
   1-22  prohibition against driving a commercial motor vehicle issued as
   1-23  provided by Section 26 of this article or as provided by the law of
   1-24  another state or 49 C.F.R. Part 383.5.
    2-1        SECTION 2.  Section 25, Texas Commercial Driver's License Act
    2-2  (Article 6687b-2, Revised Statutes), is amended by adding
    2-3  Subsection (n) to read as follows:
    2-4        (n)  In addition to any penalty imposed under this Act, a
    2-5  person convicted of an offense under Section 10(a)(5) of this Act
    2-6  may be penalized or disqualified under 49 C.F.R. Part 383.
    2-7        SECTION 3.  Section 31(b), Texas Commercial Driver's License
    2-8  Act (Article 6687b-2, Revised Statutes), is amended to read as
    2-9  follows:
   2-10        (b)  The department shall give all out-of-state convictions,
   2-11  disqualifications, and denials full faith and credit and treat them
   2-12  for sanctioning purposes under this article as if they occurred in
   2-13  this state.  The department may include on a person's driving
   2-14  record convictions, disqualifications, and denials that occurred in
   2-15  another state.
   2-16        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
   2-17        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-18  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-19  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-20  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-21  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.