Bill Text: TX HB3511 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the movement of equipment transporting intermodal shipping containers in international commerce.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Transportation [HB3511 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3511-Introduced.html
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By: Faircloth | H.B. No. 3511 |
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relating to the movement of equipment transporting intermodal | ||
shipping containers in international commerce. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 623.071, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (c) and (f) and adding Subsection (c-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The department may issue an annual permit to allow the | ||
operation on a state highway of equipment that exceeds weight and | ||
size limits provided by law for the movement of: | ||
(1) an implement of husbandry by a dealer; | ||
(2) water well drilling machinery and equipment or | ||
harvesting equipment being moved as part of an agricultural | ||
operation; or | ||
(3) an intermodal shipping container moving in | ||
international commerce, subject to Subsection (c-2), or superheavy | ||
or oversize equipment that: | ||
(A) cannot reasonably be dismantled; and | ||
(B) does not exceed: | ||
(i) 12 feet in width; | ||
(ii) 14 feet in height; | ||
(iii) 110 feet in length; or | ||
(iv) 120,000 pounds gross weight. | ||
(c-2) The department may issue a permit under Subsection | ||
(c)(3) authorizing the movement of equipment transporting an | ||
intermodal shipping container if: | ||
(1) the issuance of the permit is not inconsistent | ||
with federal rules, regulations, or interpretations defining a | ||
nondivisible load; and | ||
(2) the equipment is operated only on a portion of a | ||
county road or state highway, including a frontage road adjacent to | ||
a federal interstate highway, that is within a 15-mile radius of a | ||
port authority. | ||
(f) In this section: | ||
(1) "Pipe [ |
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specifically constructed to safely transport and handle oilfield | ||
drill pipe and drill collars. | ||
(2) "Port authority" means a port authority or | ||
navigation district created or operating under Section 52, Article | ||
III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |