S.B. No. 1291
AN ACT
relating to permits for oversize and overweight vehicles in a
certain county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.252(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A permit issued under this subchapter may authorize:
(1) the transport of cargo only on the following roads
in Chambers County:
(A) Farm-to-Market Road 1405 between its
intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2354 and its intersection
with Farm-to-Market Road 565;
(B) [the frontage road of] State Highway 99,
including the frontage road of State Highway 99 but excluding any
portion of the highway for which payment of a toll is required,
between its crossing with Cedar Bayou and its intersection with
Interstate Highway 10[, including the portion of the frontage road
located in the Cedar Crossing Business and Industrial Park];
(C) Farm-to-Market Road 565 from its
intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1405 to its intersection with
State Highway 99; and
(D) Farm-to-Market Road 2354 from its
intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1405 northwest approximately
300 linear feet to the termination of the state-maintained portion
of the road; and
(2) the movement of equipment and commodities weighing
100,000 pounds or less.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1291 passed the Senate on
May 1, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1291 passed the House on
May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor