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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to permits for the movement of oversize and overweight |
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vehicles in a certain county. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 623.252(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A permit issued under this subchapter may authorize: |
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(1) the transport of cargo only on the following roads |
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in Chambers County: |
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(A) Farm-to-Market Road 1405 between its |
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intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2354 and its intersection |
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with Farm-to-Market Road 565; [and] |
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(B) the frontage road of State Highway 99 located |
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in the Cedar Crossing Business Park; |
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(C) Farm-to-Market Road 565 from its |
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intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1405 east approximately |
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6,200 linear feet to the western edge of the 10-foot pipeline |
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easement recorded at volume 351, page 760, of the Chambers County |
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deed records; and |
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(D) Farm-to-Market Road 2354 from its |
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intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1405 northwest approximately |
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300 linear feet to the termination of the state-maintained portion |
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of the road; and |
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(2) the movement of equipment and commodities weighing |
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100,000 pounds or less. |
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SECTION 2. Section 623.255(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A permit issued under this subchapter must include: |
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(1) the name of the applicant; |
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(2) the date of issuance; |
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(3) the signature of the designated agent for the |
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county; |
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(4) a statement of the kind of cargo being |
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transported, the maximum weight and dimensions of the equipment, |
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and the kind and weight of each commodity to be transported; |
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(5) a statement of any condition on which the permit is |
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issued; |
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(6) a statement that the cargo may be transported in |
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Chambers County only over the roads described by Section |
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623.252(b)(1) [Farm-to-Market Road 1405 and the frontage road of
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State Highway 99 located in the Cedar Crossing Business Park]; and |
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(7) the location where the cargo was loaded. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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