AN ACT 1-1 relating to the maximum extended length of certain loads carried on 1-2 trailers. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 621.206, Transportation Code, is amended 1-5 by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-6 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to vehicles collecting 1-7 garbage, rubbish, refuse, or recyclable materials which are 1-8 equipped with front-end loading attachments and containers provided 1-9 that the vehicle is actively engaged in the collection of garbage, 1-10 rubbish, refuse, or recyclable materials. 1-11 SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 621, Transportation Code, 1-12 is amended by adding Section 621.2061 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 621.2061. EXCEPTION TO MAXIMUM EXTENDED LENGTH OF 1-14 LOAD: CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES. Notwithstanding Section 621.206, a 1-15 trailer may carry a load that extends more than four feet beyond 1-16 the rear of the trailer if the load consists of a motor vehicle 1-17 that: 1-18 (1) is designed and intended to be carried at the rear 1-19 of the trailer; 1-20 (2) is used or intended to be used to load or unload a 1-21 commodity on or off the trailer; 1-22 (3) does not extend more than seven feet beyond the 1-23 rear of the trailer; and S.B. No. 977 2-1 (4) complies with each applicable federal motor 2-2 carrier safety regulation. 2-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-4 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 977 passed the Senate on April 7, 1997, by a viva-voce vote; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on April 16, 1997, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 977 passed the House, with amendment, on April 11, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor