SUBCHAPTER D. OFFENSES, PENALTIES, AND JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 644.151.  CRIMINAL OFFENSE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
(1)  violates a rule adopted under this chapter;
(2)  does not permit an inspection authorized under Section 644.104; or
(3)  knowingly operates a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order issued under 49 C.F.R. Section 385.13(d)(1) or owns, leases, or assigns a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle that is knowingly operated in violation of an out-of-service order issued under 49 C.F.R. Section 385.13(d)(1).
(b)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1) or (2) is a Class C misdemeanor.
(b-1)  An offense under Subsection (a)(3) is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is:
(1)  a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that at the time of the offense the commercial motor vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle collision that resulted in bodily injury; or
(2)  a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that at the time of the offense the commercial motor vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle collision that resulted in the death of a person.
(c)  Each day a violation continues under Subsection (a)(1) or each day a person refuses to allow an inspection described under Subsection (a)(2) is a separate offense.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.151(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 703 (H.B. 3254), Sec. 11, eff. January 1, 2018.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 96, eff. September 1, 2023.