H.B. No. 1896 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the authority of the Texas Transportation Commission to 1-3 provide for agreements with other states for the issuance of 1-4 permits to operate or transport certain vehicles on highways in 1-5 this state. 1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-7 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: 1-8 (1) "Commission" means the Texas Transportation 1-9 Commission. 1-10 (2) "Department" means the Texas Department of 1-11 Transportation. 1-12 (3) "Director" means the executive director of the 1-13 Texas Department of Transportation. 1-14 (4) "Permit" means: 1-15 (A) a permit issued by the department to the 1-16 owner or operator of a vehicle or combination of vehicles that 1-17 authorizes the operation or transportation on a highway in this 1-18 state of a vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds the 1-19 weight or size limits allowed by this state; or 1-20 (B) a permit issued by the proper authority in 1-21 another state to the owner or operator of a vehicle or combination 1-22 of vehicles that authorizes the operation or transportation on a 1-23 highway of that state of a vehicle or combination of vehicles that 2-1 exceeds the weight or size limits allowed by that state. 2-2 SECTION 2. AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS. The 2-3 commission by rule may authorize the director to enter into an 2-4 agreement with the proper authority of another state that 2-5 authorizes that authority to issue a permit on behalf of the 2-6 department and authorizes the department to issue a permit on 2-7 behalf of the proper authority of the other state. 2-8 SECTION 3. RULES OF DEPARTMENT. The department may adopt 2-9 rules to administer this Act. 2-10 SECTION 4. PERMIT FEES. (a) Permit fees collected by the 2-11 department for another state under an agreement with another state 2-12 under this Act shall be remitted to the state treasurer for deposit 2-13 to the credit of an account in the general revenue fund to be known 2-14 as the permit distributive account. 2-15 (b) The state treasurer shall distribute money in the 2-16 account only to the proper authorities of other states and only as 2-17 directed by the department. 2-18 SECTION 5. ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. (a) The department by rule 2-19 may establish fees for the administration of this Act. 2-20 (b) Administrative fees authorized by Subsection (a) of this 2-21 section may not exceed the amount that is sufficient, when added to 2-22 the other fees collected by the department, to recover the actual 2-23 cost to the department of administering this Act. 2-24 (c) Administrative fees collected by the department under 2-25 this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer for deposit 3-1 in the state highway fund and may be appropriated only to the 3-2 department for the administration of this Act. 3-3 SECTION 6. VALIDITY OF PERMIT ISSUED BY PROPER AUTHORITY IN 3-4 ANOTHER STATE. (a) A permit issued by the proper authority in 3-5 another state under an agreement entered into by the director and 3-6 that authority under this Act has the same validity in this state 3-7 as a permit issued by the department. 3-8 (b) The holder of a permit issued by the proper authority in 3-9 another state under this Act is subject to all applicable laws of 3-10 this state and all applicable rules of the department. 3-11 SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September 3-12 1, 1993. 3-13 SECTION 8. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 3-14 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.