By: Burns H.B. No. 4548
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the delivery of agricultural products.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.341, Transportation Code,
Subchapter R, is amended as follows:
PERMIT TO DELIVER RELIEF SUPPLIES. (a) Notwithstanding any
other law, the department may issue a special permit during a major
disaster as declared by the president of the United States under the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. Section 5121 et seq.), or following the declaration of a
state of disaster under Section 418.014, Government Code, to an
overweight or oversize vehicle or load that:
(1) can easily be dismantled or divided; and
(2) will be used only to deliver relief supplies or
agricultural products as defined by Texas Agriculture Code Section
18.001.
(b) A permit issued under this section expires not later
than the 120th day after the date of the major disaster declaration.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.