| 1 | 1 | | 84R20270 JTS-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Anchia H.B. No. 3061 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3061: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Anchia C.S.H.B. No. 3061 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the movement of vehicles transporting ocean cargo |
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| 10 | 10 | | shipping containers; authorizing a fee. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 623, Transportation Code, |
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| 13 | 13 | | is amended by adding Section 623.0172 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 623.0172. OCEAN CARGO SHIPPING CONTAINERS. (a) In |
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| 15 | 15 | | this section, "ocean cargo shipping container" means an enclosed, |
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| 16 | 16 | | standardized, reusable container that: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) is used to pack, ship, move, or transport cargo; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) is designed to be carried on a trailer or |
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| 19 | 19 | | semitrailer and loaded onto a vessel for ocean-borne |
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| 20 | 20 | | transportation; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) when combined with vehicles transporting the |
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| 22 | 22 | | container, has a gross weight that exceeds the limits allowed by law |
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| 23 | 23 | | to be transported over a state highway. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) The department may issue an annual permit for the |
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| 25 | 25 | | movement of a sealed ocean cargo shipping container moving in |
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| 26 | 26 | | overseas international commerce on a trailer or semitrailer with |
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| 27 | 27 | | three axles if the combination of vehicles transporting the |
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| 28 | 28 | | container has: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) a single axle weight of not more than 20,000 |
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| 30 | 30 | | pounds; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) a tandem axle weight of not more than 40,000 |
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| 32 | 32 | | pounds; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) a tri-axle weight of not more than 60,000 pounds; |
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| 34 | 34 | | and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (4) a gross weight of not more than 97,000 pounds. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) The department shall restrict vehicles operating under |
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| 37 | 37 | | a permit under this section to routes that: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) do not include: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) roadways or bridges that the department |
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| 40 | 40 | | determines through sound engineering principles should not be used |
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| 41 | 41 | | for overweight vehicles; or |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) federal highways, if the department |
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| 43 | 43 | | determines that the operation of a vehicle under a permit under this |
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| 44 | 44 | | section on those highways would result in the loss of federal |
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| 45 | 45 | | highway funding; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) end at a facility in this state at which the sealed |
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| 47 | 47 | | container will be loaded on a ship or train in the course of |
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| 48 | 48 | | overseas international shipment. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (d) The department may adopt rules necessary to implement |
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| 50 | 50 | | this section, including rules: |
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| 51 | 51 | | (1) governing application for a permit under this |
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| 52 | 52 | | section; and |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) requiring additional safety and driver training. |
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| 54 | 54 | | (e) The department shall set the amount of the fee for an |
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| 55 | 55 | | annual permit issued under this section in an amount not to exceed |
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| 56 | 56 | | $7,000, of which: |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) 90 percent shall be deposited to the credit of the |
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| 58 | 58 | | state highway fund; and |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) 10 percent shall be deposited to the credit of the |
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| 60 | 60 | | Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund. |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |
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