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By Counts H.B. No. 2359
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the issuance of permits authorizing certain vehicles to
1-3 exceed allowable size and weight.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 623.011(c), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (c) A permit issued under this section:
1-8 (1) is valid for one year;
1-9 (2) must be carried in the vehicle for which it is
1-10 issued; and
1-11 (3) does not authorize the operation of a vehicle on:
1-12 (A) the national system of interstate and
1-13 defense highways in this state if the weight of that vehicle is [of
1-14 vehicles with a weight] greater than authorized by federal law; or
1-15 (B) a road, bridge, or culvert for which a
1-16 maximum weight and load limit have been established and posted by
1-17 the Texas Transportation Commission under Section 621.102 or a
1-18 commissioners court of a county under Section 621.301, if the gross
1-19 weight of that vehicle and load, gross weight of a combination of
1-20 vehicles and loads, axle, or wheel loads are greater than those
1-21 established and posted under those sections.
1-22 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 623, Transportation Code,
1-23 is amended by adding Section 623.019 to read as follows:
1-24 Sec. 623.019. PAYMENT OF FEES. The Texas Transportation
2-1 Commission may adopt rules for the payment of a fee under this
2-2 subchapter. The rules may:
2-3 (1) authorize the use of electronic funds transfer;
2-4 (2) authorize the use of a credit card issued by:
2-5 (A) a financial institution chartered by a state
2-6 or the United States; or
2-7 (B) a nationally recognized credit organization
2-8 approved by the Texas Transportation Commission; and
2-9 (3) require the payment of a discount or service
2-10 charge for a credit card payment in addition to any fee prescribed
2-11 by this subchapter.
2-12 SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act apply to a
2-13 person possessing a valid permit issued under Section 623.011,
2-14 Transportation Code, before the effective date of this Act.
2-15 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-20 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-21 passage, and it is so enacted.