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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the operation of a vehicle transporting equipment used |
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| 8 | 8 | | to load timber. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 623.321(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) The department may issue a permit under this subchapter, |
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| 13 | 13 | | as an alternative to a permit issued under Section 623.011, |
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| 14 | 14 | | authorizing a person to operate a vehicle or combination of |
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| 15 | 15 | | vehicles that is being used to transport unrefined timber, wood |
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| 16 | 16 | | chips, or woody biomass or equipment used to load timber on a |
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| 17 | 17 | | vehicle in a county identified as a timber producing county in the |
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| 18 | 18 | | most recent edition of the Texas A&M Forest Service's Harvest |
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| 19 | 19 | | Trends Report as of May 15, 2013, at the weight limits prescribed by |
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| 20 | 20 | | Subsection (b). |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 623.323(f), Transportation Code, is |
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| 22 | 22 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (f) This section does not apply to a vehicle or combination |
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| 24 | 24 | | of vehicles that are being used to transport unrefined timber, wood |
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| 25 | 25 | | chips, or woody biomass or equipment used to load timber on a |
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| 26 | 26 | | vehicle from: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) a storage yard to the place of first processing; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) outside this state to a place of first processing |
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| 29 | 29 | | in this state. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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