79R2587 MTB-D

By:  Jones of Lubbock                                             H.B. No. 749



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to size and weight limitations for certain vehicles 
transporting agricultural products and equipment.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 622, Transportation Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER I. VEHICLES TRANSPORTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS [COTTON] 
OR [COTTON PROCESSING] EQUIPMENT
	Sec. 622.101.  VEHICLE TRANSPORTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT
[COTTON] OR PROCESSING EQUIPMENT. A single motor vehicle used 
exclusively to transport agricultural product [seed cotton] 
modules, agricultural products [cotton, cotton burrs], or 
equipment used to transport or process agricultural products
[cotton], including a burr spreader, may not be operated on a 
highway or road if the vehicle is:
		(1)  wider than 10 feet and the highway has not been 
designated by the commission under Section 621.202 [if the vehicle 
is registered under Section 502.277];
		(2)  longer than 48 feet;  or                                                 
		(3)  higher than 14 feet 6 inches.                                            
	SECTION 2.  Section 622.953(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The weight limitations of Section 621.101 do not apply 
to a single motor vehicle used exclusively to transport 
agricultural products or equipment used to transport or process
agricultural products [seed cotton modules].
	SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 
an offense committed on or after September 1, 2005. An offense 
committed before September 1, 2005, is covered by the law as it 
existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the 
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.