Amend CSSB 2949 (senate committee report) in SECTION 3.02 of the bill by striking added Section 621.512(a), Transportation Code (page 12, lines 20 through 24), and substituting the following:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person operates or moves an overweight vehicle described by Subsection (a-1) on a public highway:
(1) that is not included in the route designated under the permit under which the vehicle is operating; or
(2) without a permit authorizing the movement of the vehicle, and the vehicle exceeds the maximum gross weight authorized for the vehicle by at least five percent.
(a-1) Subsection (a) applies only to an overweight vehicle with at least three axles that is transporting in a cargo tank hazardous materials in a quantity requiring placarding by a regulation issued under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Section 5101 et seq.).