BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 4594
81R16608 JAM-F By: Eiland (Williams)
Transportation & Homeland Security
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
H.B. 4594 amends current law relating to permits for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in a certain county.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 623.252(b), Transportation Code, as follows:
(b) Authorizes a permit issued under this subchapter to authorize:
(1) the transport of cargo only on the following roads in Chambers County:
(A) Farm-to-Market Road 1405 between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2354 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 565;
(B) the frontage road of State Highway 99 located in the Cedar Crossing Business Park;
(C) Farm-to-Market Road 565 from its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1405 east approximately 6,200 linear feet to the western edge of the 10-foot pipeline easement recorded at volume 351, page 760, of the Chambers County deed records; and
(D) Farm-to-Market Road 2354 from its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1405 northwest approximately 300 linear feet to the termination of the state-maintained portion of the road; and
(2) the movement of equipment and commodities weighing 100,000 pounds or less.
SECTION 2. Amends Section 623.255(a), Transportation Code, as follows:
(a) Requires a permit issued under this subchapter to include the name of the applicant; the date of issuance; the signature of the designated agent for the county; a statement of the kind of cargo being transported, the maximum weight and dimensions of the equipment, and the kinds and weight of each commodity being transported; a statement of any condition on which the permit is issued; a statement that the cargo may be transported in Chambers County only over the roads described by Section 623.252(b)(1), rather than over Farm-to-Market Road 1405 and the frontage road of State Highway 99 located in the Cedar Crossing Business Park; and the location where the cargo was loaded.
SECTION 3. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2009.