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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the operation of a vehicle transporting equipment used |
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to load timber. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 623.321(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department may issue a permit under this subchapter, |
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as an alternative to a permit issued under Section 623.011, |
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authorizing a person to operate a vehicle or combination of |
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vehicles that is being used to transport unrefined timber, wood |
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chips, or woody biomass or equipment used to load timber on a |
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vehicle in a county identified as a timber producing county in the |
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most recent edition of the Texas A&M Forest Service's Harvest |
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Trends Report as of May 15, 2013, at the weight limits prescribed by |
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Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. Section 623.323(f), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(f) This section does not apply to a vehicle or combination |
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of vehicles that are being used to transport unrefined timber, wood |
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chips, or woody biomass or equipment used to load timber on a |
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vehicle from: |
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(1) a storage yard to the place of first processing; or |
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(2) outside this state to a place of first processing |
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in this state. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |