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.