By Sadler H.B. No. 2679
76R1209 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to authorizing a county to require a road use or indemnity
1-3 agreement for the use of county roads by certain overweight
1-4 vehicles.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 623.018, Transportation Code, is amended
1-7 by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (f) and (g) to
1-8 read as follows:
1-9 (d) If a vehicle has a permit issued under Section 623.011,
1-10 a commissioners court may not:
1-11 (1) issue a permit under this section or charge an
1-12 additional fee for or otherwise regulate or restrict the operation
1-13 of the vehicle because of weight; or
1-14 (2) require the owner or operator [to execute or
1-15 comply with a road use agreement or indemnity agreement,] to make a
1-16 filing or application[,] or to provide a bond or letter of credit
1-17 other than the bond or letter of credit prescribed by Section
1-18 623.012.
1-19 (f) The commissioners court may require a road use or
1-20 indemnity agreement to be executed by:
1-21 (1) the owner or operator of a vehicle for which a
1-22 permit is issued under this section or Section 623.011; or
1-23 (2) a person who contracts for transportation of
1-24 property by a vehicle for which a permit is issued under this
2-1 section or Section 623.011.
2-2 (g) An agreement required under Subsection (f) may provide
2-3 that the person described by Subsection (f)(2) assumes the
2-4 liability for any damage caused by the vehicle to a county road or
2-5 bridge.
2-6 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-7 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.