Bill Text: TX HB1460 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to axle weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting aggregates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Referred to Transportation [HB1460 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1460-Engrossed.html
By: Guillen | H.B. No. 1460 |
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relating to axle weight limitations for certain vehicles | ||
transporting aggregates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 621.101, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: | ||
(b-2) Notwithstanding Subsections (a)(1) and (2), a vehicle | ||
or combination of vehicles that is transporting aggregates, as | ||
defined by Section 28A.001, Water Code, over a highway or road of | ||
this state may operate at an axle weight that is not heavier than | ||
the weight equal to the maximum allowable axle weight provided by | ||
those subdivisions plus a tolerance allowance of 15 percent of that | ||
allowable weight, provided that the gross weight of the vehicle or | ||
combination of vehicles is not heavier than the maximum gross | ||
weight authorized for the roadway on which the vehicle or | ||
combination of vehicles is being operated. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |