(a) The department may investigate and impose an administrative penalty on a shipper who does not provide a shipper's certificate of weight as required under Transportation Code §623.274(b) or provides false information on a shipper's certificate of weight that the shipper delivers to a person transporting a shipment.     
      (b) The notice and hearing requirements of §219.124 of this title (relating to Administrative Proceedings) apply to the imposition of an administrative penalty under this section.     
      (c) The amount of an administrative penalty imposed under this section is calculated in the same manner as the amount of an administrative penalty imposed under §219.121 of this title (relating to Administrative Penalties).     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §219.126 adopted to be effective June 1, 2008, 33 TexReg 3776; transferred effective January 1, 2012, as published in the Texas Register January 27, 2012, 37 TexReg 359; amended to be effective June 28, 2015, 40 TexReg 4003; amended to be effective December 30, 2020, 45 TexReg 9594