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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute on the |
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impacts to state and local roads and bridges from increasing |
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maximum weight limits for certain vehicles transporting sand. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The Texas A&M Transportation Institute |
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shall conduct a study on the estimated impacts to state and local |
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roads and bridges, including impacts on traffic volume and safety |
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on those roads and bridges, resulting from increasing the maximum |
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allowable weight limits established by Subtitle E, Title 7, |
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Transportation Code, for a truck-tractor and semitrailer |
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combination transporting sand at the gross weights and axle |
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requirements specified by Section 623.402, Transportation Code, as |
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added by Chapter 108 (S.B. 1524), Acts of the 85th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2017. |
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(b) Not later than October 1, 2020, the Texas A&M |
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Transportation Institute shall submit a report on the results of |
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the study to each standing committee of the legislature with |
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jurisdiction over transportation matters. |
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(c) This Act expires January 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |