BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.S.B. 2227 |
By: Hinojosa |
Transportation |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that the cap on the fee for a permit issued for the movement of an oversize or overweight vehicle carrying cargo in Hidalgo County is too low considering the effort required by the regional mobility authority to issue those permits and maintain the permit registration system. C.S.S.B. 2227 seeks to raise that cap.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.S.B. 2227 amends the Transportation Code to raise the cap on the fee for a permit issued by a regional mobility authority for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo in Hidalgo County from $80 to $200. The bill requires an amount not to exceed five percent of the fees collected from the issuance of permits authorizing the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles on certain roads in Hidalgo County as specified by the bill to be used to leverage funding from other sources to construct a bridge on Farm-to-Market Road 1015 in Hidalgo County between Military Highway and Mile 5 Road North, to improve certain roads that are in Weslaco or Progreso, to improve Mile 5 Road North in Hidalgo County, and to support the construction of roads proposed by the City of Donna connecting a proposed commercial import lot near the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge to Farm-to-Market Road 493 and Military Highway. The bill changes the cap on the amount of the fees collected for permits issued for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo in Hidalgo County that may be used for the applicable regional mobility authority's administrative costs to reflect the new fee use added by the bill.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF SENATE ENGROSSED AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.S.B. 2227 may differ from the engrossed in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the engrossed and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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