Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1460 House Committee Report / Bill

Filed 04/17/2023

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                    88R22067 JRR-F
 By: Guillen H.B. No. 1460
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1460:
 By:  Canales C.S.H.B. No. 1460


 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, over a highway or road of
 this state 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, provided that the gross weight of the vehicle or
 combination of vehicles is not heavier than 80,000 pounds.
 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, 2023.