Bill Text: TX HB1169 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-06 - Left pending in committee [HB1169 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1169-Introduced.html
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By: Morrison | H.B. No. 1169 |
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relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of | ||
oversize or overweight vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 623.230, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 623.230. OPTIONAL PROCEDURE. This subchapter provides | ||
an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit by the Victoria | ||
County Navigation District for the movement of oversize or | ||
overweight vehicles carrying cargo [ |
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Victoria County. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 623.232, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 623.232. ISSUANCE OF PERMITS. The Texas | ||
Transportation Commission may authorize the district to issue | ||
permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles | ||
carrying cargo only on the following [ |
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located in Victoria County: | ||
(1) Farm-to-Market Road 1432 between the Port of | ||
Victoria and State Highway 185; | ||
(2) State Highway 185 between U.S. Highway 59 and | ||
McCoy Road; | ||
(3) U.S. Highway 59, including a frontage road of U.S. | ||
Highway 59, between State Highway 185 and Loop 463; and | ||
(4) Loop 463 between U.S. Highway 59 and North Lone | ||
Tree Road. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 623.234(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The district may collect a fee for permits issued under | ||
this subchapter. The fees shall not exceed $100 [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 623.235(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A permit issued under this subchapter must include: | ||
(1) the name of the applicant; | ||
(2) the date of issuance; | ||
(3) the signature of the director of the district or | ||
the director's designee; | ||
(4) a statement of the kind of cargo being transported | ||
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maximum weight and dimensions of the equipment, and the kind and | ||
weight of each commodity to be transported, provided that the gross | ||
weight of such equipment and commodities shall not exceed 140,000 | ||
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(5) a statement of any condition on which the permit is | ||
issued; | ||
(6) a statement that the cargo shall only be | ||
transported on a road designated under Section 623.232 [ |
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(7) the name of the driver of the vehicle in which the | ||
cargo is to be transported; and | ||
(8) the location where the cargo was loaded. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |