Tex. Transp. Code § 621.007

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 621.007 - Evidence of Violation
(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.

Tex. Transp. Code § 621.007

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1227, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.