85R12848 JRR-F
By: Faircloth H.B. No. 3511
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the movement of equipment transporting intermodal
shipping containers in international commerce.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.071, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (c) and (f) and adding Subsection (c-2) to
read as follows:
(c) The department may issue an annual permit to allow the
operation on a state highway of equipment that exceeds weight and
size limits provided by law for the movement of:
(1) an implement of husbandry by a dealer;
(2) water well drilling machinery and equipment or
harvesting equipment being moved as part of an agricultural
operation; or
(3) an intermodal shipping container moving in
international commerce, subject to Subsection (c-2), or superheavy
or oversize equipment that:
(A) cannot reasonably be dismantled; and
(B) does not exceed:
(i) 12 feet in width;
(ii) 14 feet in height;
(iii) 110 feet in length; or
(iv) 120,000 pounds gross weight.
(c-2) The department may issue a permit under Subsection
(c)(3) authorizing the movement of equipment transporting an
intermodal shipping container if:
(1) the issuance of the permit is not inconsistent
with federal rules, regulations, or interpretations defining a
nondivisible load; and
(2) the equipment is operated only on a portion of a
county road or state highway, including a frontage road adjacent to
a federal interstate highway, that is within a 15-mile radius of a
port authority.
(f) In this section:
(1) "Pipe [, "pipe] box" means a container
specifically constructed to safely transport and handle oilfield
drill pipe and drill collars.
(2) "Port authority" means a port authority or
navigation district created or operating under Section 52, Article
III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.