By Lucio S.B. No. 1505 77R3694 JAT-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to municipal permits and fees for overweight or oversize 1-3 vehicles and combinations. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 623, Transportation Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 623.020 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 623.020. MUNICIPAL PERMITS AND FEES. (a) A 1-8 municipality may require the operator of a vehicle or combination 1-9 operating under a permit under Section 623.011 to obtain a permit 1-10 from the municipality or to pay a reasonable fee required by the 1-11 municipality to operate or move the vehicle or combination on a 1-12 public highway in the municipality. 1-13 (b) A municipality may charge a reasonable fee for a permit 1-14 issued by the municipality under Subsection (a). 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-16 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-17 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-18 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-19 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.