Bill Text: TX SB1828 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting steel products made in the United States; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Transportation [SB1828 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1828-Introduced.html
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| By: Birdwell | S.B. No. 1828 | |
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| relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting steel | ||
| products made in the United States; authorizing a fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 623, Transportation Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter W to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER W. VEHICLES TRANSPORTING UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS | ||
| Sec. 623.451. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT. (a) The department may | ||
| issue permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles | ||
| transporting steel products made in the United States in Dallas, | ||
| Ellis, and Johnson Counties on: | ||
| (1) the following roadways: | ||
| (A) Miller Road in Midlothian from the | ||
| intersection of Miller Road and Challenger to the intersection of | ||
| Miller Road and U.S. Highway 67; | ||
| (B) the most direct route from the intersection | ||
| of U.S. Highway 67 and County Road 607 in Alvarado to the | ||
| intersection of U.S. Highway 67 and U.S. Highway 287 using U.S. | ||
| Highway 67 Business, and U.S. Highway 67; | ||
| (C) Ward Road in Midlothian; | ||
| (D) Edgefield Way in Cedar Hill; | ||
| (E) the most direct route from Edgefield Way in | ||
| Cedar Hill to the intersection of U.S. Highway 67 and U.S. Highway | ||
| 287 using U.S. Highway 67; | ||
| (F) Sentry Drive in Mansfield; and | ||
| (G) the most direct route from Sentry Drive in | ||
| Mansfield to the intersection of U.S. Highway 67 and U.S. Highway | ||
| 287 using U.S. Highway 287 Business and U.S. Highway 287; or | ||
| (2) another route designated by the department. | ||
| (b) The gross weight of a vehicle operating under a permit | ||
| issued under this subchapter may not exceed 96,000 pounds. | ||
| Sec. 623.452. PERMIT FEES. (a) The department may collect | ||
| a fee for permits issued under this subchapter. | ||
| (b) Fees collected under Subsection (a) shall be deposited | ||
| in the state highway fund and may be used only for the operation and | ||
| maintenance of the roadways described by or designated under | ||
| Section 623.451. | ||
| Sec. 623.453. TIME OF MOVEMENT. A permit issued under this | ||
| subchapter must specify the time during which movement authorized | ||
| by the permit is allowed. | ||
| Sec. 623.454. SPEED LIMIT. Movement authorized by a permit | ||
| issued under this subchapter may not exceed the posted speed limit | ||
| or 55 miles per hour, whichever is less. A violation of this | ||
| provision constitutes a moving violation. | ||
| Sec. 623.455. RULES. The department shall adopt rules | ||
| necessary to implement this subchapter, including rules governing | ||
| the application for a permit under this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
