| 1 | 1 | | By: Guillen H.B. No. 1460 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to axle weight limitations for certain vehicles |
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| 7 | 7 | | transporting aggregates. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 621.101, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | by adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b-2) Notwithstanding Subsections (a)(1) and (2), a vehicle |
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| 12 | 12 | | or combination of vehicles that is transporting aggregates, as |
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| 13 | 13 | | defined by Section 28A.001, Water Code, over a highway or road of |
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| 14 | 14 | | this state may operate at an axle weight that is not heavier than |
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| 15 | 15 | | the weight equal to the maximum allowable axle weight provided by |
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| 16 | 16 | | those subdivisions plus a tolerance allowance of 15 percent of that |
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| 17 | 17 | | allowable weight, provided that the gross weight of the vehicle or |
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| 18 | 18 | | combination of vehicles is not heavier than the maximum gross |
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| 19 | 19 | | weight authorized for the roadway on which the vehicle or |
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| 20 | 20 | | combination of vehicles is being operated. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 22 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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