S.B. No. 737




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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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 737 passed the Senate on 
April 26, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 737 passed the House on 
May 25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, two 
present not voting.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor