By Alexander H.B. No. 700
77R4058 JD-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to load and weight limits on certain bridges and culverts.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 623.011(c), Transportation Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (c) A permit issued under this section:
1-7 (1) is valid for one year; and
1-8 (2) must be carried in the vehicle for which it is
1-9 issued[; and]
1-10 [(3) does not authorize the operation on the national
1-11 system of interstate and defense highways in this state of vehicles
1-12 with a weight greater than authorized by federal law].
1-13 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 623, Transportation Code, is
1-14 amended by adding Section 623.0113 to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 623.0113. ROUTE RESTRICTIONS; EXCEPTION. (a) A permit
1-16 issued under Section 623.011 does not authorize the operation of
1-17 the vehicle for which the permit is issued on:
1-18 (1) the national system of interstate and defense
1-19 highways in this state if the weight of the vehicle is greater than
1-20 authorized by federal law; or
1-21 (2) a bridge or culvert for which a maximum weight and
1-22 load limit have been established and posted by the commission under
1-23 Section 621.102 or the commissioners court of a county under
1-24 Section 621.301, if the gross weight of the vehicle and load or the
2-1 axles and wheel loads are greater than the limits established and
2-2 posted under those sections.
2-3 (b) A restriction under Subsection (a)(2) does not apply if
2-4 the bridge or culvert is along the only public highway or road that
2-5 the vehicle for which the permit is issued can use to travel from
2-6 its point of origin to its destination.
2-7 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-8 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-9 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-10 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-11 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.