1-1 By: Madla S.B. No. 977 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 1997; March 10, 1997, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 1-4 April 2, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 2, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Luna 1-7 Amend S.B. No. 977 in SECTION 1 of the bill, proposed Section 1-8 621.2061 (4), Transportation Code, after the word "regulation" 1-9 (page 1, line 30, Introduced version) by striking "in 49 C.F.R. 1-10 393.86". 1-11 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-12 AN ACT 1-13 relating to the maximum extended length of certain loads carried on 1-14 trailers. 1-15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-16 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 621, Transportation Code, 1-17 is amended by adding Section 621.2061 to read as follows: 1-18 Sec. 621.2061. EXCEPTION TO MAXIMUM EXTENDED LENGTH OF 1-19 LOAD: CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES. Notwithstanding Section 621.206, a 1-20 trailer may carry a load that extends more than four feet beyond 1-21 the rear of the trailer if the load consists of a motor vehicle 1-22 that: 1-23 (1) is designed and intended to be carried at the rear 1-24 of the trailer; 1-25 (2) is used or intended to be used to load or unload a 1-26 commodity on or off the trailer; 1-27 (3) does not extend more than seven feet beyond the 1-28 rear of the trailer; and 1-29 (4) complies with each applicable federal motor 1-30 carrier safety regulation in 49 C.F.R. 393.86. 1-31 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-32 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-33 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-34 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-35 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-36 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-37 * * * * *