Amend HB 2620 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 623.0172(b), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  The department shall issue an annual permit for the international transportation of an intermodal shipping container moving by a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination that has six total axles and is equipped with a roll stability support safety system and truck blind spot systems only if:

(1)  the gross weight of the combination does not exceed 95,000 [93,000] pounds;

(2)  the distance between the front axle of the truck-tractor and the last axle of the semitrailer, measured longitudinally, is approximately 647 inches;

(3)  the truck-tractor is configured as follows:

(A)  one single axle that does not exceed 13,000 pounds;

(B)  one two-axle group that does not exceed 37,000 pounds, in which no axle in the group exceeds 18,500 pounds; and

(C)  the distance between the individual axles on the two-axle group of the truck-tractor, measured longitudinally, is not less than 51 inches and not more than 52 inches; and

(4)  the semitrailer is configured as follows:

(A)  one three-axle group that does not exceed 49,195 pounds, in which no axle in the group exceeds 16,400 pounds; and

(B)  the distance between the individual axles in the three-axle group of the semitrailer, measured longitudinally, is 60 inches.