1-1 By: Black (Senate Sponsor - Sibley) H.B. No. 1896
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 1993;
1-3 May 12, 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 the authority of the Texas Transportation Commission to
1-24 provide for agreements with other states for the issuance of
1-25 permits to operate or transport certain vehicles on highways in
1-26 this state.
1-27 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-28 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
1-29 (1) "Commission" means the Texas Transportation
1-30 Commission.
1-31 (2) "Department" means the Texas Department of
1-32 Transportation.
1-33 (3) "Director" means the executive director of the
1-34 Texas Department of Transportation.
1-35 (4) "Permit" means:
1-36 (A) a permit issued by the department to the
1-37 owner or operator of a vehicle or combination of vehicles that
1-38 authorizes the operation or transportation on a highway in this
1-39 state of a vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds the
1-40 weight or size limits allowed by this state; or
1-41 (B) a permit issued by the proper authority in
1-42 another state to the owner or operator of a vehicle or combination
1-43 of vehicles that authorizes the operation or transportation on a
1-44 highway of that state of a vehicle or combination of vehicles that
1-45 exceeds the weight or size limits allowed by that state.
1-46 SECTION 2. AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS. The
1-47 commission by rule may authorize the director to enter into an
1-48 agreement with the proper authority of another state that
1-49 authorizes that authority to issue a permit on behalf of the
1-50 department and authorizes the department to issue a permit on
1-51 behalf of the proper authority of the other state.
1-52 SECTION 3. RULES OF DEPARTMENT. The department may adopt
1-53 rules to administer this Act.
1-54 SECTION 4. PERMIT FEES. (a) Permit fees collected by the
1-55 department for another state under an agreement with another state
1-56 under this Act shall be remitted to the state treasurer for deposit
1-57 to the credit of an account in the general revenue fund to be known
1-58 as the permit distributive account.
1-59 (b) The state treasurer shall distribute money in the
1-60 account only to the proper authorities of other states and only as
1-61 directed by the department.
1-62 SECTION 5. ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. (a) The department by rule
1-63 may establish fees for the administration of this Act.
1-64 (b) Administrative fees authorized by Subsection (a) of this
1-65 section may not exceed the amount that is sufficient, when added to
1-66 the other fees collected by the department, to recover the actual
1-67 cost to the department of administering this Act.
1-68 (c) Administrative fees collected by the department under
2-1 this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer for deposit
2-2 in the state highway fund and may be appropriated only to the
2-3 department for the administration of this Act.
2-4 SECTION 6. VALIDITY OF PERMIT ISSUED BY PROPER AUTHORITY IN
2-5 ANOTHER STATE. (a) A permit issued by the proper authority in
2-6 another state under an agreement entered into by the director and
2-7 that authority under this Act has the same validity in this state
2-8 as a permit issued by the department.
2-9 (b) The holder of a permit issued by the proper authority in
2-10 another state under this Act is subject to all applicable laws of
2-11 this state and all applicable rules of the department.
2-12 SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
2-13 1, 1993.
2-14 SECTION 8. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
2-15 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-19 * * * * *
2-20 Austin,
2-21 Texas
2-22 May 21, 1993
2-23 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-24 President of the Senate
2-25 Sir:
2-26 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B.
2-27 No. 1896, have had the same under consideration, and I am
2-28 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
2-29 that it do pass and be printed.
2-30 Rosson,
2-31 Vice-Chairman
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2-33 WITNESSES
2-34 FOR AGAINST ON
2-35 ___________________________________________________________________
2-36 Name: Gary Trietsch x
2-37 Representing: Texas Dept of Transportation
2-38 City: Austin
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2-40 Name: Karen Johnson x
2-41 Representing: Tx Good Roads Assoc.
2-42 City: Austin
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2-44 Name: Hampton Rogers x
2-45 Representing: Tx Motor Transportation Assn.
2-46 City: Austin
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