86R13800 MP-D
By: Perez H.B. No. 3476
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting an
intermodal shipping container on a road or bridge for which a
maximum weight or load has been established by a municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.405(a), Transportation Code, as
added by Chapter 108 (S.B. 1524), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A permit issued under this subchapter does not authorize
the operation of a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination on:
(1) the national system of interstate and defense
highways; or
(2) load-restricted roads or bridges, including a road
or bridge for which a maximum weight and load limit has been
established and posted by the Texas Department of Transportation
under Section 621.102, the governing body of a municipality under
Section 621.303, or the commissioners court of a county under
Section 621.301.
SECTION 2. Section 621.303(b), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.