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.