81R6513 TRH-F
By: Hunter H.B. No. 2604
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of certain permits for overweight
vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 623, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter O to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER O. PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI AUTHORITY PERMITS
Sec. 623.280. OPTIONAL PROCEDURE. This subchapter provides
an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit by the Port of
Corpus Christi Authority for the movement of oversize or overweight
vehicles carrying cargo on state highways located in San Patricio
County.
Sec. 623.281. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "port
authority" means the Port of Corpus Christi Authority.
Sec. 623.282. ISSUANCE OF PERMITS. The Texas
Transportation Commission may authorize the port authority to issue
permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles
carrying cargo on state highways located in San Patricio County or
Nueces County, with the consent of the appropriate county's
commissioners court.
Sec. 623.283. MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS. The port authority
shall make payments to the department to provide funds for the
maintenance of state highways subject to this subchapter.
Sec. 623.284. PERMIT FEES. (a) The port authority may
collect a fee for permits issued under this subchapter. The fees
may not exceed $80 per trip.
(b) Fees collected under Subsection (a) shall be used solely
to provide funds for the payments provided for under Section
623.283 and for the port authority's administrative costs, which
may not exceed 15 percent of the fees collected. The fees shall be
deposited in the state highway fund. Fees deposited in the state
highway fund under this section are exempt from the application of
Section 403.095, Government Code.
Sec. 623.285. PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. (a) A permit issued
under this subchapter must include:
(1) the name of the applicant;
(2) the date of issuance;
(3) the signature of the director of the port
authority;
(4) a statement of the kind of cargo being
transported, the maximum weight and dimensions of the equipment,
and the kind and weight of each commodity to be transported;
(5) a statement of any condition on which the permit is
issued;
(6) a statement that the cargo may only be transported
to and from the port authority's terminal on the La Quinta Channel
in San Patricio County using a state highway in San Patricio County
or Nueces County that has been approved for use under this
subchapter by the appropriate county's commissioners court under
Section 623.282; and
(7) the location where the cargo was loaded.
(b) The port authority shall report to the department all
permits issued under this subchapter.
Sec. 623.286. TIME OF MOVEMENT. A permit issued under this
subchapter must specify the time in which movement authorized by
the permit is allowed.
Sec. 623.287. SPEED LIMIT. Movement authorized by a permit
issued under this subchapter may not exceed the posted speed limit
or 55 miles per hour, whichever is less. Violation of this
provision shall constitute a moving violation.
Sec. 623.288. ENFORCEMENT. The Department of Public Safety
shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this subchapter.
Sec. 623.289. RULES. The Texas Transportation Commission
may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.