1. (a) A copy of the registration receipt issued under Section 502.057 for a commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor, trailer, or semitrailer shall be:

   1. (1) carried on the vehicle when the vehicle is on a public highway; and
   2. (2) presented to an officer authorized to enforce this chapter on request of the officer.

2. (b) A copy of the registration receipt is:

   1. (1) admissible in evidence in any cause in which the gross registered weight of the vehicle is an issue; and
   2. (2) prima facie evidence of the gross weight for which the vehicle is registered.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 20.022, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135 (H.B. 2741), Sec. 98, eff. September 1, 2013.