By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2227
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 29, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 20, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 20, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an increase in the fee for permits issued for the
movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo in
Hidalgo County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.364(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The authority may collect a fee for permits issued under
this subchapter. Beginning September 1, 2017 [2013], the maximum
amount of the fee may not exceed $200 [$80] per trip. On September 1
of each subsequent year, the authority may adjust the maximum fee
amount as necessary to reflect the percentage change during the
preceding year in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U), U.S. City Average, published monthly by the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics or its successor in function.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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