Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	84R18710 JXC-D
2	2	By: Kacal, González, Springer H.B. No. 2202
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2202:
4	4	By: Springer C.S.H.B. No. 2202
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6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to requirements for certain farm vehicles when operating
10	10	on a highway.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 541.201(6), Transportation Code, is
13	13	amended to read as follows:
14	14	(6) "Implement of husbandry" means:
15	15	(A) a vehicle, other than a passenger car or
16	16	truck, that is designed and adapted for use as a farm implement,
17	17	machinery, or tool for tilling the soil;
18	18	(B) a towed vehicle that transports to the field
19	19	and spreads fertilizer or agricultural chemicals; or
20	20	(C) a motor vehicle designed and adapted to
21	21	deliver feed to livestock.
22	22	SECTION 2. Section 622.901, Transportation Code, is amended
23	23	to read as follows:
24	24	Sec. 622.901. WIDTH EXCEPTIONS. (a) In this section, "farm
25	25	tractor" and "implement of husbandry" have the meanings assigned by
26	26	Section 541.201.
27	27	(b) The width limitation provided by Section 621.201 does
28	28	not apply to:
29	29	(1) highway building or maintenance machinery that is
30	30	traveling:
31	31	(A) during daylight on a public highway other
32	32	than a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and
33	33	defense highways; or
34	34	(B) for not more than 50 miles on a highway that
35	35	is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways;
36	36	(2) a vehicle traveling during daylight on a public
37	37	highway other than a highway that is part of the national system of
38	38	interstate and defense highways or traveling for not more than 50
39	39	miles on a highway that is part of the national system of interstate
40	40	and defense highways if the vehicle is:
41	41	(A) a farm tractor or implement of husbandry; or
42	42	(B) a vehicle on which a farm tractor or
43	43	implement of husbandry, other than a tractor or implement being
44	44	transported from one dealer to another, is being moved by the owner
45	45	of the tractor or implement or by an agent or employee of the owner:
46	46	(i) to deliver the tractor or implement to a
47	47	new owner;
48	48	(ii) to transport the tractor or implement
49	49	to or from a mechanic for maintenance or repair; or
50	50	(iii) in the course of an agricultural
51	51	operation;
52	52	(3) machinery that is used solely for drilling water
53	53	wells, including machinery that is a unit or a unit mounted on a
54	54	conventional vehicle or chassis, and that is traveling:
55	55	(A) during daylight on a public highway other
56	56	than a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and
57	57	defense highways; or
58	58	(B) for not more than 50 miles on a highway that
59	59	is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways;
60	60	(4) a vehicle owned or operated by a public, private,
61	61	or volunteer fire department;
62	62	(5) a vehicle registered under Section 502.431; or
63	63	(6) a recreational vehicle to which Section 622.903
64	64	applies.
65	65	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.