86R1898 AAF-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 1778
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting
agricultural products.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 622, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 622.102 to read as follows:
Sec. 622.102. VEHICLES TRANSPORTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
DURING HARVEST SEASON. (a) This section applies only to a vehicle
or a combination of vehicles being used to transport agricultural
products that are in their natural state and are being transported
not more than 100 miles from the place of production to the place of
first marketing or first processing.
(b) A vehicle or combination of vehicles to which this
section applies may be operated at a weight that exceeds the weight
limitations of Section 621.101 by not more than 10 percent if the
vehicle or combination of vehicles is operated during the harvest
season for the products being transported.
(c) The department, in coordination with the Texas A&M
AgriLife Extension Service, by rule shall determine the harvest
season of each agricultural product authorized to be transported
under this section.
(d) This section does not authorize the operation on the
national system of interstate and defense highways in this state of
a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a weight greater than that
permitted under 23 U.S.C. Section 127.
(e) This section does not authorize the operation of a
vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of the weight
authorized for a load-zoned bridge in this state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.