By: Hegar S.B. No. 524
(Morrison)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of
oversize or overweight vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.230, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 623.230. OPTIONAL PROCEDURE. This subchapter provides
an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit by the Victoria
County Navigation District for the movement of oversize or
overweight vehicles carrying cargo [on state highways located] in
Victoria County.
SECTION 2. Section 623.232, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 623.232. ISSUANCE OF PERMITS. The Texas
Transportation Commission may authorize the district to issue
permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles
carrying cargo only on the following [state] highways and roads
located in Victoria County:
(1) Farm-to-Market Road 1432 between the Port of
Victoria and State Highway 185;
(2) State Highway 185 between U.S. Highway 59 and
McCoy Road;
(3) U.S. Highway 59, including a frontage road of U.S.
Highway 59, between State Highway 185 and Loop 463; and
(4) Loop 463 between U.S. Highway 59 and North Lone
Tree Road.
SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 623.234, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The district may collect a fee for permits issued under
this subchapter. The fees shall not exceed $100 [$80] per trip.
SECTION 4. Subsection (a), Section 623.235, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(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 district or
the director's designee;
(4) a statement of the kind of cargo being transported
[over Farm-to-Market Road 1432 to and from the Victoria Barge Canal
and up to but not past the intersection with State Highway 185], the
maximum weight and dimensions of the equipment, and the kind and
weight of each commodity to be transported, provided that the gross
weight of such equipment and commodities shall not exceed 140,000
[125,000] pounds;
(5) a statement of any condition on which the permit is
issued;
(6) a statement that the cargo shall only be
transported on a road designated under Section 623.232 [to and from
the Victoria Barge Canal using Farm-to-Market Road 1432 and may not
be transported over State Highway 185];
(7) the name of the driver of the vehicle in which the
cargo is to be transported; and
(8) the location where the cargo was loaded.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.