SRC-AMY H.B. 1733 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1733
78R7440 MTB-FBy: Hamric (Shapiro)
Infrastructure Development and Security
5/16/2003
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DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, state law requires persons weighing cargo to keep a written
record of the vehicles weighed for 180 days.  The number of vehicles
weight enforcement officers routinely weigh, makes keeping a weight record
on every vehicle weighed time consuming and costly. H.B. 1733 exempts a
vehicle that transports solid waste, is weighed by a weight enforcement
officer, or is weighed on scales owned by the state, or a political
subdivision thereof, from the responsibility of having to maintain a
written weight record. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 621.410(e), Transportation Code, to establish
that this section does not apply to a vehicle that transports material
regulated under Section 623.161 (Definition), is weighed by a weight
enforcement officer, or is weighed on scales owned by the state or a
political subdivision thereof. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  upon passage or September 1, 2003.