Amend HB 3061 by making the following change:
      1)  on page 1, line 19 of the Senate Committee Report add the
following SECTION 2 and renumber the remaining sections
appropriately:
      SECTION 2.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 622, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 622.954 to read as follows:
      Sec. 622.954  TOW TRUCKS.  (a)  A permit is not required to
exceed the weight limitations of Section 621.101 by a combination
of a tow truck and another vehicle or vehicle combination if:
      (1)  the nature of the service provided by a tow truck is
needed to remove disabled, abandoned, or accident-damaged vehicles;
and
      (2)  the tow truck is towing the other vehicle or vehicle
combination directly to the nearest authorized place of repair,
terminal, or vehicle storage facility.
      (b)  This does not authorize the operation on the national
system of interstate and defense highways in this state of vehicles
with a weight greater than authorized by federal law.