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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of |
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oversize or overweight vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 623.230, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 623.230. OPTIONAL PROCEDURE. This subchapter provides |
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an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit by the Victoria |
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County Navigation District for the movement of oversize or |
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overweight vehicles carrying cargo [on state highways located] in |
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Victoria County. |
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SECTION 2. Section 623.232, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 623.232. ISSUANCE OF PERMITS. The Texas |
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Transportation Commission may authorize the district to issue |
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permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles |
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carrying cargo only on the following [state] highways and roads |
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located in Victoria County: |
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(1) Farm-to-Market Road 1432 between the Port of |
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Victoria and State Highway 185; |
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(2) State Highway 185 between U.S. Highway 59 and |
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McCoy Road; |
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(3) U.S. Highway 59, including a frontage road of U.S. |
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Highway 59, between State Highway 185 and Loop 463; and |
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(4) Loop 463 between U.S. Highway 59 and North Lone |
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Tree Road. |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 623.234, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The district may collect a fee for permits issued under |
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this subchapter. The fees shall not exceed $100 [$80] per trip. |
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SECTION 4. Subsection (a), Section 623.235, Transportation |
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Code, is 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 director of the district or |
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the director's designee; |
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(4) a statement of the kind of cargo being transported |
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[over Farm-to-Market Road 1432 to and from the Victoria Barge Canal
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and up to but not past the intersection with State Highway 185], the |
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maximum weight and dimensions of the equipment, and the kind and |
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weight of each commodity to be transported, provided that the gross |
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weight of such equipment and commodities shall not exceed 140,000 |
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[125,000] pounds; |
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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 shall only be |
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transported on a road designated under Section 623.232 [to and from
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the Victoria Barge Canal using Farm-to-Market Road 1432 and may not
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be transported over State Highway 185]; |
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(7) the name of the driver of the vehicle in which the |
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cargo is to be transported; and |
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(8) the location where the cargo was loaded. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |