Bill Text: TX HB3807 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of vehicles transporting agricultural products; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-30 - Referred to Transportation [HB3807 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3807-Introduced.html
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| By: Burns | H.B. No. 3807 | |
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| relating to the operation of vehicles transporting agricultural | ||
| products; authorizing a fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 623, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 623.0172 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 623.0172. PERMIT FOR VEHICLES TRANSPORTING | ||
| AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. (a) The department shall issue a permit | ||
| that authorizes the operation of a vehicle or combination of | ||
| vehicles at a gross weight that is not heavier than 90,000 pounds | ||
| if: | ||
| (1) the vehicle or combination of vehicles is being | ||
| used to transport agricultural products that are in their natural | ||
| state; and | ||
| (2) the agricultural products are being transported | ||
| from the place of production to the place of first marketing or | ||
| first processing. | ||
| (b) To qualify for a permit under this section, a permit fee | ||
| of $25 must be paid. | ||
| (c) A permit issued under this section: | ||
| (1) is valid only for the specific agricultural | ||
| products authorized to be transported under the permit and only | ||
| during the harvest season of those products, as determined by the | ||
| department by rule; and | ||
| (2) must be carried in the vehicle for which it is | ||
| issued. | ||
| (d) The department by rule shall determine the harvest | ||
| season of each agricultural product authorized to be transported | ||
| under permits issued under this section. | ||
| (e) A vehicle issued a permit under this section may operate | ||
| on a state or county road if the vehicle does not exceed the maximum | ||
| gross weight authorized under Subsection (a). | ||
| (f) This section does not authorize the operation on the | ||
| national system of interstate and defense highways in this state of | ||
| a vehicle of a size or weight greater than those permitted under 23 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 127. | ||
| (g) If the United States authorizes the operation on the | ||
| national system of interstate and defense highways of a vehicle of a | ||
| size or weight greater than those permitted under 23 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 127 on September 1, 2017, the new limit automatically takes effect | ||
| on the national system of interstate and defense highways in this | ||
| state. | ||
| (h) The department may adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| this section, including rules governing the application for a | ||
| permit under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
