S.B. No. 1465
3-1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
3-2 Amend S.B. 1465 by striking Section 1 of the bill and
3-3 substituting the following:
3-4 SECTION 1. Section 5, Chapter 42, General Laws, Acts of the
3-5 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6701d-11,
3-6 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by amending Subsection
3-7 (b), as amended by Section 2, Chapter 488, and Section 5, Chapter
3-8 1052, Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, and by
3-9 adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
3-10 (b) No person, firm, corporation, company, co-partnership,
3-11 or association shall load, or cause to be loaded, a vehicle for
3-12 operation on the public highways of this state which exceeds the
3-13 weight limitations for operation of that vehicle. Intent to
3-14 violate those limitations is presumed if the loaded vehicle exceeds
3-15 by 15 percent or more the applicable weight limitation for
3-16 operation of that vehicle. Except as provided by Subsection (d) of
3-17 this section, this <This> subsection does not apply to the loading
3-18 or causing to be loaded of an agricultural or a forestry commodity
3-19 prior to such point in the processing of the commodity which
3-20 changes the natural state of the commodity.
3-21 (d) The exemption provided by Subsection (b) of this section
3-22 for loading or causing to be loaded unprocessed agricultural and
3-23 forestry commodities does not apply to the loading or causing to be
3-24 loaded of unprocessed grain at a location that is in a county
3-25 adjacent to the Republic of Mexico but more than six miles from the
3-26 Mexican-United States border by a person other than an individual
3-27 who has produced the grain.
4-1 (e) In this section, "grain" has the meaning assigned by
4-2 Section 14.001, Agriculture Code.
4-3 73R11107 MJW-D Solis