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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting steel |
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products made in the United States; authorizing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 623, Transportation Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter W to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER W. VEHICLES TRANSPORTING UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS |
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Sec. 623.451. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT. (a) The department may |
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issue permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles |
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transporting steel products made in the United States in Dallas, |
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Ellis, and Johnson Counties on: |
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(1) the following roadways: |
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(A) Miller Road in Midlothian from the |
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intersection of Miller Road and Challenger to the intersection of |
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Miller Road and U.S. Highway 67; |
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(B) the most direct route from the intersection |
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of U.S. Highway 67 and County Road 607 in Alvarado to the |
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intersection of U.S. Highway 67 and U.S. Highway 287 using U.S. |
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Highway 67 Business, and U.S. Highway 67; |
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(C) Ward Road in Midlothian; |
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(D) Edgefield Way in Cedar Hill; |
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(E) the most direct route from Edgefield Way in |
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Cedar Hill to the intersection of U.S. Highway 67 and U.S. Highway |
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287 using U.S. Highway 67; |
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(F) Sentry Drive in Mansfield; and |
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(G) the most direct route from Sentry Drive in |
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Mansfield to the intersection of U.S. Highway 67 and U.S. Highway |
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287 using U.S. Highway 287 Business and U.S. Highway 287; or |
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(2) another route designated by the department. |
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(b) The gross weight of a vehicle operating under a permit |
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issued under this subchapter may not exceed 96,000 pounds. |
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Sec. 623.452. PERMIT FEES. (a) The department may collect |
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a fee for permits issued under this subchapter. |
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(b) Fees collected under Subsection (a) shall be deposited |
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in the state highway fund and may be used only for the operation and |
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maintenance of the roadways described by or designated under |
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Section 623.451. |
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Sec. 623.453. TIME OF MOVEMENT. A permit issued under this |
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subchapter must specify the time during which movement authorized |
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by the permit is allowed. |
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Sec. 623.454. SPEED LIMIT. Movement authorized by a permit |
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issued under this subchapter may not exceed the posted speed limit |
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or 55 miles per hour, whichever is less. A violation of this |
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provision constitutes a moving violation. |
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Sec. 623.455. RULES. The department shall adopt rules |
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necessary to implement this subchapter, including rules governing |
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the application for a permit under this subchapter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |