By: Phillips H.B. No. 3088
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to motor vehicle weight limitations and the fee for a
permit to operate an overweight motor vehicle.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 621.353, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (c) to read as follows:
       (c)  Each [The comptroller shall send each] fee collected
under Section 623.0111 [623.0112] for an excess weight permit shall
be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.  Money
deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under this
subsection may be appropriated only to the comptroller for
distribution to the counties designated on the application for the
permit, with each county shown on the application receiving an
amount determined according to the ratio of the total number of
miles of county roads maintained by the county to the total number
of miles of county roads maintained by all of the counties
designated on the application.
       SECTION 2.  Section 622.953(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
       (b)  The overall gross weight of a single motor vehicle used
to transport seed cotton or equipment used to transport or process
seed cotton may not be heavier than 64,000 [59,400] pounds.
       SECTION 3.  Section 623.0111(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
       (a)  When a person applies for a permit under Section
623.011, the person must:
             (1)  designate in the application each county in which
the vehicle will be operated; and
             (2)  pay in addition to other fees an annual fee in an
amount determined according to the following table:
Number of Counties Designated Fee
1-5$175
6-20 [1-20$250 [$125]
21-40 $450 [$345]
41-60 $625 [$565]
61-80 $800 [$785]
81-100 $900 [$1,005]
101-254 $1,000 [$2,000]
       SECTION 4.  (a)  The changes in law made by Sections 1 and 2
of this Act apply only to an application for a permit under Section
623.011, Transportation Code, that is filed on or after September
1, 2007.
       (b)  An application for a permit under Section 623.011,
Transportation Code, filed before September 1, 2007, is governed by
the law in effect on the date the application was filed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
       SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.