87R22725 JRR-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 4535
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to axle weight limitations for certain vehicles
transporting aggregates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 621.101, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-2) Notwithstanding Subsections (a)(1) and (2), a vehicle
or combination of vehicles that is transporting aggregates, as
defined by Section 28A.001, Water Code, may operate at an axle
weight that is not heavier than the weight equal to the maximum
allowable axle weight provided by those subsections plus a
tolerance allowance of 15 percent of that allowable weight.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.