87R1835 JRR-F     By: Murr H.B. No. 3866       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the offense of operating or loading an overweight   vehicle.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 621.506, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsections (a-1), (d-1), (d-2), and (d-3) and amending   Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:          (a-1)  Criminal responsibility for an offense under this   section extends, in the manner authorized by Section 7.22, Penal   Code, to a corporation, an association, a limited liability   company, or another business entity that employs a person who   commits an offense under this section during the course and scope of   the person's employment.          (d)  A judge or justice shall promptly report to the   department and the Department of Public Safety each conviction   obtained in the judge's or the justice's court under this section.   The department and the Department of Public Safety shall keep a   record of each conviction reported to it under this subsection.          (d-1)  This subsection applies to a fine assessed on   conviction of an offense under this section that is committed by an   entity described by Subsection (a-1) or an employee of the entity   during the course and scope of the person's employment. If the fine   assessed on conviction of an offense is not paid before the 31st day   after the date the fine was assessed, the judge or justice of the   convicting court shall promptly report to the department:                (1)  the entity's failure to pay the fine; and                (2)  if the entity subsequently pays the full amount of   a fine reported under Subdivision (1), the entity's payment of the   fine.          (d-2)  The department shall keep a record of each failure to   pay and subsequent payment reported to the department under   Subsection (d-1).          (d-3)  The department, under Section 623.271 and subject to   the notice and hearing requirements applicable to that section,   shall revoke each permit issued under this subtitle to an entity   described by Subsection (a-1) if:                (1)  the department receives notice under Subsection   (d-1)(1) of the entity's failure to pay; and                (2)  at the time the department receives the notice   described by Subdivision (1), the entity has not paid the full   amount of two or more fines that were previously reported to the   department under Subsection (d-1)(1) and at least two of those   fines were not assessed for offenses under this section arising   from the same criminal episode.          (e)  If an entity described by Subsection (a-1) [a   corporation] fails to pay the fine assessed on conviction of an   offense under this section, the district or county attorney in the   county in which the conviction occurs may file suit against the   entity [corporation] to collect the fine.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.   An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For   purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the   effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred   before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.