Tex. Transp. Code § 621.007 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EVIDENCE OF VIOLATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a proceeding in which a violation of a weight restriction under this subtitle may be an issue, a document is admissible as relevant evidence of the violation if:
(1) the document is:
(A) a record kept under Section 621.410; or
(B) a bill of lading, freight bill, weight certification, or similar document that is issued by a person consigning cargo for shipment or engaged in the business of transporting or forwarding cargo; and
(2) the document states:
(A) a gross weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles and cargo that exceeds a weight restriction under this subtitle; or
(B) a gross weight of the cargo that combined with the empty weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeds a weight restriction under this subtitle.
(b) This section does not limit the admissibility of any other evidence relating to the violation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1227, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.621.htm
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