By:  Ogden                                                        S.B. No. 1763

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to vehicle weights. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 623.0113, Transportation Code is amended to read as follows: Sec. 623.0113. ROUTE RESTRICTIONS (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a permit issued under Section 623.011 does not authorize the operation of a vehicle on: (1) the national system of interstate and defense highways in this state if the weight of the vehicle is greater than authorized by federal law; or (2) a bridge or county road for which a maximum weight and load limit has been established and posted by the Texas Transportation Commission under Section 621.102, or the commissioners court of a county under Section 621.301, if the gross weight of the vehicle and load or the axles and wheel loads are greater than the limits established and posted under those sections. (b) The restrictions under Subsection (a)(2) do not apply if a bridge or county road described by Subsection (a)(2) provides the only public vehicular access from an origin or to a destination by a holder of a permit issued under Section 623.011 and the holder provides at least 24 hours prior notice of the needed access. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.