Bill Text: TX HB3484 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to weight limitations for hydrogen fueled motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Referred to Transportation [HB3484 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3484-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to weight limitations for hydrogen fueled motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Referred to Transportation [HB3484 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3484-Introduced.html
By: Harris of Williamson | H.B. No. 3484 |
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relating to weight exemptions for alternative fueled heavy weight | ||
vehicles on state highways. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 621.101(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended as follows: | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(3), two consecutive sets | ||
of tandem axles may carry a gross load of not more than 34,000 | ||
pounds each if the overall distance between the first and last axles | ||
of the consecutive sets is 36 feet or more. The overall gross | ||
weight on a group of two or more consecutive axles may not be | ||
heavier than 80,000 pounds, including all enforcement tolerances, | ||
regardless of tire ratings, axle spacing (bridge), and number of | ||
axles. | ||
(b-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, | ||
a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is powered by an engine | ||
fueled primarily by natural gas and hydrogen may exceed any weight | ||
limitation under this section by an amount that is equal to the | ||
difference between the weight of the vehicle attributable to the | ||
natural gas and hydrogen tank and fueling system carried by that | ||
vehicle and the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling | ||
system, provided that the maximum gross weight of the vehicle or | ||
combination of vehicles may not exceed 82,000 pounds. | ||
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. |