{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-621.401","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 621.401","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"weight enforcement officer\" means:\n(1) a license and weight inspector of the Department of Public Safety;\n(2) a highway patrol officer;\n(3) a sheriff or sheriff's deputy;\n(4) a municipal police officer in a municipality with a population of:\n(A) 100,000 or more; or\n(B) 74,000 or more in a county with a population of more than 1.5 million;\n(5) a police officer certified under Section 644.101; or\n(6) a constable or deputy constable designated under Section 621.4015.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 364, Sec. 3, eff. May 27, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1523, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 931 (H.B. 602), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE E. VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT","CHAPTER 621. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT","SUBCHAPTER F. ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.621.htm#621.401","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"70d046d1892ac09997b5235bd5b0473bf2b506e2639e6a6e0f64cde228d50d6b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-621.356","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-621.4015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}