By: Guillen 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 subdivisions 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 the maximum gross
weight authorized for the roadway on which the vehicle or
combination of vehicles is being operated.
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.