79R10736 DWS-F
By: Kolkhorst H.B. No. 1822
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an offense of passing or avoiding a weigh station by
certain vehicle operators.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 621, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 621.411 to read as follows:
Sec. 621.411. PASSING OR AVOIDING WEIGH STATION. (a) In
this section, "weigh station" means a fixed-site facility with
stationary scales operated by the state to enforce vehicle weight
limitations.
(b) An operator of a vehicle required by law, including a
rule, to stop at a weigh station that is in operation commits an
offense if the operator does not stop at a weigh station that is in
operation or knowingly evades a weigh station by use of an alternate
road or other means.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of an
offense of failing to stop at a weigh station that the operator was
complying with the directions of a weight enforcement officer.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.