By:  Brimer                                                       S.B. No. 737
	(In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2005; March 2, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and 
Homeland Security; April 18, 2005, reported favorably by the 
following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 18, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the prosecution of offenses involving the operating or 
loading of an overweight vehicle in violation of certain laws.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (f), Section 621.506, Transportation 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(f)  A justice or municipal court has jurisdiction of an 
offense under this section.  [A municipal court has jurisdiction of 
an offense under this section for which the fine does not exceed 
$500.]
	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, 2005.



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