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Amend HB 814 on third reading by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION _____. Subchapter C, Chapter 601, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 601.0521 to read as follows:
Sec. 601.0521. SEASONAL EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN FARM VEHICLES.
(a) In this section, "road tractor," "truck-tractor," "farm
tractor," "farm trailer," and "farm semitrailer" have the meanings
assigned by Section 502.001.
(b) During a season when the vehicle is not in use, Section
601.051 does not apply to a road tractor, truck-tractor, farm
tractor, farm trailer, or farm semitrailer used exclusively to
transport seasonally harvested agricultural products or livestock
from the place of production to the place of processing, market, or
storage.
(c) The designated agent may send a notice under Section
601.444 to the owner of a vehicle to which this section applies only
during a season when the vehicle is in use.
(d) The department by rule shall provide a method of
determining the season when a vehicle to which this section applies
is in use.