Bill Text: TX HB3722 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-15 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB3722 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3722-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Herrero | H.B. No. 3722 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3722: | |||
| By: Pickett | C.S.H.B. No. 3722 | ||
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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. The heading to Subchapter P, Chapter 623, | ||
| Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
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| SECTION 2. Section 623.301, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
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| Sec. 623.301. OPTIONAL PROCEDURE. This subchapter provides | ||
| an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit by the Port of | ||
| Corpus Christi Authority for the movement of oversize or overweight | ||
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| SECTION 3. Section 623.302, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 623.302. DEFINITION [ |
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| SECTION 4. Section 623.303, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 623.303. ISSUANCE OF PERMITS. (a) The Texas | ||
| Transportation Commission may authorize the port authority to issue | ||
| permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles | ||
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| in San Patricio and Nueces Counties on: | ||
| (1) the following roads: | ||
| (A) U.S. Highway 181 between its intersection | ||
| with Burleson Street in the city of Corpus Christi and its | ||
| intersection with County Road 3567 (Midway Road) in San Patricio | ||
| County; | ||
| (B) State Highway 35 between its intersection | ||
| with Burleson Street in the city of Corpus Christi and its | ||
| intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 3512; | ||
| (C) State Highway 361 between its intersection | ||
| with State Highway 35 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road | ||
| 1069 (Main Street) in the city of Ingleside; and | ||
| (D) proposed State Highway 200 between its | ||
| intersection with State Highway 361 and its intersection with | ||
| Farm-to-Market Road 1069 (Main Street) in the city of Ingleside, if | ||
| proposed State Highway 200 is constructed; or | ||
| (2) another route designated by the commission in | ||
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| (b) The port authority may issue a permit under this | ||
| subchapter only if the cargo being transported weighs 125,000 | ||
| pounds or less. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 623.306(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 manager of transportation of | ||
| the port authority; | ||
| (4) a statement of the kind of cargo being | ||
| transported, the maximum weight and dimensions of the equipment, | ||
| and the kind and weight of each commodity to be transported; | ||
| (5) a statement of any condition on which the permit is | ||
| issued; | ||
| (6) a statement that the cargo may [ |
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| transported in San Patricio and Nueces Counties only over the roads | ||
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| (7) the location where the cargo was loaded. | ||
| SECTION 6. 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, 2015. | ||
