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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting an |
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intermodal shipping container on a road or bridge for which a |
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maximum weight or load has been established by a municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 623.405(a), 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, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A permit issued under this subchapter does not authorize |
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the operation of a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination on: |
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(1) the national system of interstate and defense |
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highways; or |
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(2) load-restricted roads or bridges, including a road |
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or bridge for which a maximum weight and load limit has been |
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established and posted by the Texas Department of Transportation |
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under Section 621.102, the governing body of a municipality under |
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Section 621.303, or the commissioners court of a county under |
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Section 621.301. |
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SECTION 2. Section 621.303(b), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |