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1	1	By: Lucio S.B. No. 1424
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 18, 2015, read
3	3	first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
4	4	April 30, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5	5	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 30, 2015,
6	6	sent to printer.)
7	7	Click here to see the committee vote
8	8	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1424 By: Huffines
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11	11	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
12	12	AN ACT
13	13	relating to the administration and oversight of overweight
14	14	corridors; authorizing a fee.
15	15	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	16	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 623, Transportation Code,
17	17	is amended by adding Section 623.004 to read as follows:
18	18	Sec. 623.004. ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT OF OVERWEIGHT
19	19	CORRIDORS. (a) In this section, "overweight corridor" means a
20	20	designated section of a state highway for which an optional
21	21	procedure is authorized under this chapter for the issuance of
22	22	permits:
23	23	(1) by entities other than the Texas Department of
24	24	Transportation or the department; and
25	25	(2) for the movement of oversize or overweight
26	26	vehicles.
27	27	(b) The Texas Department of Transportation shall, after
28	28	receiving input from local officials:
29	29	(1) set minimum requirements for determining the
30	30	feasibility, viability, and economic impact of additional
31	31	overweight corridors that take into consideration traffic volume,
32	32	safety concerns, ability to recover costs, and the role of
33	33	overweight corridors within a statewide plan for freight mobility;
34	34	(2) use the requirements set under Subdivision (1) to
35	35	periodically develop recommendations for additional overweight
36	36	corridors that would benefit the state;
37	37	(3) include any recommendations developed under
38	38	Subdivision (2) in the plan described by Section 201.6011; and
39	39	(4) create a pavement management plan for each
40	40	operational overweight corridor.
41	41	(c) The Texas Department of Transportation, in consultation
42	42	with interested parties, shall:
43	43	(1) establish performance measures for each
44	44	operational overweight corridor; and
45	45	(2) include in the plan described by Section 201.6011
46	46	the results of an evaluation using the performance measures
47	47	disaggregated by overweight corridor.
48	48	(d) An entity issuing overweight corridor permits under
49	49	this chapter shall:
50	50	(1) report information necessary for an evaluation
51	51	using performance measures established under Subsection (c) to the
52	52	Texas Department of Transportation; and
53	53	(2) in setting a fee for the permit, consider the
54	54	pavement management plan created under Subsection (b)(4) for the
55	55	overweight corridor.
56	56	(e) The department may:
57	57	(1) issue overweight corridor permits on behalf of an
58	58	entity authorized to issue the permits under this chapter; and
59	59	(2) establish and charge a fee for issuing a permit
60	60	under Subdivision (1) in an amount sufficient to recover the actual
61	61	cost of issuance.
62	62	(f) A fee collected under Subsection (e)(2) shall be sent to
63	63	the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas Department of
64	64	Motor Vehicles fund and may be appropriated only to the department
65	65	for the administration of this section.
66	66	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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