1-1 By: Black (Senate Sponsor - Sibley) H.B. No. 1895
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 1993;
1-3 May 4, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 21, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Harris of Dallas x
1-9 Rosson x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Leedom x
1-13 Lucio x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Nelson x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Shelley x
1-18 Sibley x
1-19 West x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to escrow accounts for the prepayment of fees required for
1-24 permits authorizing the transportation of a vehicle and its load or
1-25 a combination of vehicles and load exceeding legal size and weight
1-26 limitations.
1-27 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-28 SECTION 1. (a) DEFINITIONS. (1) "Permit" means any permit
1-29 issued by the Texas Department of Transportation, in accordance
1-30 with law, authorizing the transportation of a vehicle and its load
1-31 or a combination of vehicles and load that exceed legal size and
1-32 weight limitations.
1-33 (2) "Department" means the Texas Department of
1-34 Transportation.
1-35 (b) ESCROW ACCOUNTS. The department may establish escrow
1-36 accounts within the state highway fund for the prepayment of permit
1-37 fees which shall be administered in accordance with an agreement
1-38 containing such terms and conditions as may be agreeable to the
1-39 department, including, but not limited to, such fees as may be
1-40 established by the department for the administration of this Act.
1-41 The department shall deposit fees imposed under this section in the
1-42 state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund. The fees
1-43 may be appropriated only to the department for purposes of
1-44 administering this Act.
1-45 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-46 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-47 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-48 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-49 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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1-51 Austin,
1-52 Texas
1-53 May 21, 1993
1-54 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-55 President of the Senate
1-56 Sir:
1-57 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B.
1-58 No. 1895, have had the same under consideration, and I am
1-59 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
1-60 that it do pass and be printed.
1-61 Rosson,
1-62 Vice-Chairman
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1-64 WITNESSES
1-65 FOR AGAINST ON
1-66 ___________________________________________________________________
1-67 Name: Gary Trietsch x
1-68 Representing: Texas Dept of Transportation
2-1 City: Austin
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2-3 Name: Hampton Rogers x
2-4 Representing: Tx Motor Transportation Assn
2-5 City: Austin
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