By: Lucio  S.B. No. 1424
         (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 18, 2015, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
  April 30, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 30, 2015,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1424 By:  Huffines
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the administration and oversight of overweight
  corridors; authorizing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 623, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 623.004 to read as follows:
         Sec. 623.004.  ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT OF OVERWEIGHT
  CORRIDORS. (a)  In this section, "overweight corridor" means a
  designated section of a state highway for which an optional
  procedure is authorized under this chapter for the issuance of
  permits:
               (1)  by entities other than the Texas Department of
  Transportation or the department; and
               (2)  for the movement of oversize or overweight
  vehicles.
         (b)  The Texas Department of Transportation shall, after
  receiving input from local officials:
               (1)  set minimum requirements for determining the
  feasibility, viability, and economic impact of additional
  overweight corridors that take into consideration traffic volume,
  safety concerns, ability to recover costs, and the role of
  overweight corridors within a statewide plan for freight mobility;
               (2)  use the requirements set under Subdivision (1) to
  periodically develop recommendations for additional overweight
  corridors that would benefit the state;
               (3)  include any recommendations developed under
  Subdivision (2) in the plan described by Section 201.6011; and
               (4)  create a pavement management plan for each
  operational overweight corridor.
         (c)  The Texas Department of Transportation, in consultation
  with interested parties, shall:
               (1)  establish performance measures for each
  operational overweight corridor; and
               (2)  include in the plan described by Section 201.6011
  the results of an evaluation using the performance measures
  disaggregated by overweight corridor.
         (d)  An entity issuing overweight corridor permits under
  this chapter shall:
               (1)  report information necessary for an evaluation
  using performance measures established under Subsection (c) to the
  Texas Department of Transportation; and
               (2)  in setting a fee for the permit, consider the
  pavement management plan created under Subsection (b)(4) for the
  overweight corridor.
         (e)  The department may:
               (1)  issue overweight corridor permits on behalf of an
  entity authorized to issue the permits under this chapter; and
               (2)  establish and charge a fee for issuing a permit
  under Subdivision (1) in an amount sufficient to recover the actual
  cost of issuance.
         (f)  A fee collected under Subsection (e)(2) shall be sent to
  the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas Department of
  Motor Vehicles fund and may be appropriated only to the department
  for the administration of this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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