84R24332 MTB-D
By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 2085
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2085:
By: Martinez C.S.H.B. No. 2085
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration and oversight of overweight
corridors; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 623, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 623.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 623.004. ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT OF OVERWEIGHT
CORRIDORS. (a) In this section, "overweight corridor" means a
designated section of a state highway for which an optional
procedure is authorized under this chapter for the issuance of
permits:
(1) by entities other than the Texas Department of
Transportation or the department; and
(2) for the movement of oversize or overweight
vehicles.
(b) The Texas Department of Transportation shall, after
receiving input from local officials:
(1) set minimum requirements for determining the
feasibility, viability, and economic impact of additional
overweight corridors that take into consideration traffic volume,
safety concerns, ability to recover costs, and the role of
overweight corridors within a statewide plan for freight mobility;
(2) use the requirements set under Subdivision (1) to
periodically develop recommendations for additional overweight
corridors that would benefit the state;
(3) include any recommendations developed under
Subdivision (2) in the plan described by Section 201.6011; and
(4) create a pavement management plan for each
operational overweight corridor.
(c) The Texas Department of Transportation, in consultation
with interested parties, shall:
(1) establish performance measures for each
operational overweight corridor; and
(2) include in the plan described by Section 201.6011
the results of an evaluation using the performance measures
disaggregated by overweight corridor.
(d) An entity issuing overweight corridor permits under
this chapter shall:
(1) report information necessary for an evaluation
using performance measures established under Subsection (c) to the
Texas Department of Transportation; and
(2) in setting a fee for the permit, consider the
pavement management plan created under Subsection (b)(4) for the
overweight corridor.
(e) The department may:
(1) issue overweight corridor permits on behalf of an
entity authorized to issue the permits under this chapter; and
(2) establish and charge a fee for issuing a permit
under Subdivision (1) in an amount sufficient to recover the actual
cost of issuance.
(f) A fee collected under Subsection (e)(2) shall be sent to
the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas Department of
Motor Vehicles fund and may be appropriated only to the department
for the administration of this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.