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                                                                  H.B. No. 1733




AN ACT
relating to certain records kept by persons who weigh cargo transported by commercial motor vehicles. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 621.410(e), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) This section does not apply to a vehicle that: (1) transports material regulated under Section 623.161; (2) is weighed by a weight enforcement officer; (3) is weighed on scales owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state; or (4) is weighed on scales owned by an enterprise principally engaged in the retail sale of motor fuels to the general public. SECTION 2. 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, 2003. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1733 was passed by the House on May 6, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1733 on May 30, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1733 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor