By Uher H.B. No. 1345
75R5810 JD-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the issuance of an annual permit to move certain heavy
1-3 equipment over a state highway.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 623.071(c), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (c) The department may issue an annual permit to allow the
1-8 operation on a state highway of equipment that exceeds weight and
1-9 size limits provided by law for the movement of:
1-10 (1) an implement of husbandry by a dealer; [or]
1-11 (2) harvesting equipment being moved as part of an
1-12 agricultural operation; or
1-13 (3) superheavy or oversize equipment that:
1-14 (A) cannot reasonably be dismantled; and
1-15 (B) does not exceed:
1-16 (i) 12 feet in width;
1-17 (ii) 14 feet in height;
1-18 (iii) 110 feet in length; or
1-19 (iv) 120,000 pounds gross weight.
1-20 SECTION 2. Section 623.074(b), Transportation Code, is
1-21 amended to read as follows:
1-22 (b) The application must:
1-23 (1) be in writing;
1-24 (2) state the kind of equipment to be operated;
2-1 (3) describe the equipment;
2-2 (4) give the weight of the equipment;
2-3 (5) give the width, height, and length of the
2-4 equipment;
2-5 (6) [(5)] state the kind of commodity to be
2-6 transported and the weight of the total load; and
2-7 (7) [(6)] be dated and signed by the applicant.
2-8 SECTION 3. Section 623.076, Transportation Code, is amended
2-9 by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
2-10 follows:
2-11 (a) An application for a permit under this subchapter must
2-12 be accompanied by a permit fee of:
2-13 (1) $30 for a single-trip permit;
2-14 (2) $60 for a permit that is valid for a period not
2-15 exceeding 30 days;
2-16 (3) $90 for a permit that is valid for a period of 31
2-17 days or more but not exceeding 60 days;
2-18 (4) $120 for a permit that is valid for a period of 61
2-19 days or more but not exceeding 90 days; or
2-20 (5) $135 for a permit issued under Section
2-21 623.071(c)(1) or (2).
2-22 (c) An application for a permit under Section 623.071(c)(3)
2-23 must be accompanied by the permit fee established by the commission
2-24 for the permit, not to exceed $3,500. Of each fee collected under
2-25 this subsection, the department shall send:
2-26 (1) the first $1,000 to the comptroller for deposit to
2-27 the credit of the general revenue fund; and
3-1 (2) any amount in excess of $1,000 to the comptroller
3-2 for deposit to the credit of the state highway fund.
3-3 SECTION 4. Section 623.077(a), Transportation Code, is
3-4 amended to read as follows:
3-5 (a) An applicant for a permit under this subchapter, other
3-6 than a permit under Section 623.071(c)(3), must also pay a highway
3-7 maintenance fee in an amount determined according to the following
3-8 table:
3-9 Vehicle Weight in Pounds Fee
3-10 80,001 to 120,000 $ 50
3-11 120,001 to 160,000 $ 75
3-12 160,001 to 200,000 $100
3-13 200,001 and above $125
3-14 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-19 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-20 passage, and it is so enacted.