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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the delivery of agricultural products. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 623.341, Transportation Code, |
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Subchapter R, is amended as follows: |
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PERMIT TO DELIVER RELIEF SUPPLIES. (a) Notwithstanding any |
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other law, the department may issue a special permit during a major |
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disaster as declared by the president of the United States under the |
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Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 |
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U.S.C. Section 5121 et seq.), or following the declaration of a |
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state of disaster under Section 418.014, Government Code, to an |
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overweight or oversize vehicle or load that: |
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(1) can easily be dismantled or divided; and |
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(2) will be used only to deliver relief supplies or |
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agricultural products as defined by Texas Agriculture Code Section |
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18.001. |
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(b) A permit issued under this section expires not later |
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than the 120th day after the date of the major disaster declaration. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |