85R7721 JRR-F
 
  By: Birdwell S.B. No. 906
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the movement of portable building units over a state
  highway; authorizing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 623.121, Transportation Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The department may issue a permit that authorizes the
  operation of [to a person to operate] equipment to move over a state
  highway one or more portable building units that in combination
  with the towing vehicle are in excess of the length or width
  limitations provided by law but less than 80 feet in length and,
  unless the permit is issued for a single trip, not more than 13 feet
  in width. The department may issue a permit under this subsection
  that is valid for: 
               (1)  a single trip;
               (2)  a period not exceeding 30 days;
               (3)  a period of 31 days or more but not exceeding 60
  days; or
               (4)  a period of 61 days or more but not exceeding 90
  days.
         (a-1)  A single trip permit issued under this section is: 
               (1)  effective for a period of 10 days; and 
               (2)  valid only for a single continuous movement.
         SECTION 2.  Section 623.122(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A municipality having a state highway in its territory
  shall designate to the department the route in the municipality to
  be used by equipment operating under a permit issued under 
  [described by] Section 623.121(a)(1) on [623.121 moving over] the
  state highway. The department shall show the designated route on
  each map routing the equipment.
         SECTION 3.  Section 623.123, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 623.123.  FORM OF APPLICATION AND PERMIT. (a) The
  application for a permit under this subchapter [Section 623.121]
  must be in the form and by the method prescribed by the department[:
               [(1)  be in writing;
               [(2)     state the make and model of the portable building
  unit or units;
               [(3)     state the length and width of the portable
  building unit or units;
               [(4)  state the make and model of the towing vehicle;
               [(5)  state the length and width of the towing vehicle;
               [(6)     state the length and width of the combined
  portable building unit or units and towing vehicle;
               [(7)     state each highway over which the portable
  building unit or units are to be moved;
               [(8)  indicate the point of origin and destination; and
               [(9)  be dated and signed by the applicant].
         (b)  A permit issued under this subchapter must be in the
  form and contain the information prescribed by the department.
         SECTION 4.  Section 623.124, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 623.124.  FEES [FEE]. (a) An application for a permit
  under this subchapter must be accompanied by a fee of:
               (1)  $15 for a permit described by Section
  623.121(a)(1);
               (2)  $120 for a permit described by Section
  623.121(a)(2);
               (3)  $180 for a permit described by Section
  623.121(a)(3); and
               (4)  $240 for a permit described by Section
  623.121(a)(4).
         (b)  The department shall send each fee collected under this
  section to the comptroller.  Of each fee received from the
  department, the comptroller shall deposit:
               (1)  50 percent [$7.50] to the credit of the general
  revenue fund; [and]
               (2)  40 [of the remainder:
                     [(A)  90] percent to the credit of the state
  highway fund; and
               (3)  [(B)]  10 percent to the credit of the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles fund.
         SECTION 5.  Subchapter F, Chapter 623, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 623.1285 to read as follows:
         Sec. 623.1285.  ROUTE RESTRICTIONS. A permit issued under
  this subchapter does not authorize the operation of equipment on a
  state highway of a size greater than the size permitted under
  federal law for that highway.
         SECTION 6.  Sections 623.126 and 623.127, Transportation
  Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.